Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British
Title:
The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy, 'As You Like It,' II, vii
Date:
between 1798 and 1801
Materials & Techniques:
Oil on panel
Dimensions:
15 x 19 7/8 inches (38.1 x 50.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Label on verso, lower center: “[...] | Old and Modern Masters. | 14, Old Bond Street, London, W.1. | Telegrams: Colnaghi, Piccy, London | Telephone: Hyde Park 1943-44.”; upper left: “No. 60785 | Frame”; upper left: “No. 60784 | [handwritten] K [typed] Picture [handwritten] 78”
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.5.9
Classification:
Paintings
Collection:
Paintings and Sculpture
Subject Terms:
literary theme | schoolboy | tree | theater (discipline) | walking | cracked | boy | pocket | path | costume | bag | landscape | As You Like It, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 44, no. 112, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 206-207, N590.2 .A83 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:219