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The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy

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photo: Sarah Mercer
The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy
photo: Sarah Mercer
photo: Sarah Mercer

The Seven Ages of Man: The Schoolboy

Sketchbook
  • The Seven Ages of Man-As You Like It-Shakespeare
Date1982
Artwork TypeDrawing
Catalogue NumberHMF 82(131)
Date Order NumberAG 82.124
Mediaballpoint pen, charcoal
Paperwhite wove
Dimensionspaper: 290 x 209 mm
Signature

unsigned, undated

Inscription

ballpoint pen u.c. 2 Schoolboy/And then the whining schoolboy, with his satchel &/shining morning face, creeping like snail unwillingly/to school

OwnershipThe Henry Moore Foundation: acquired 1987
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Moore drew Shakespeare's 'Seven Ages of Man', as described in Jaques' speech in Act II, scene vii of As You Like It, for a portfolio of lithographs published in 1982. He did the title page for the portfolio at the back of Sketchbook 1982-83, see HMF 82(129a). The knee-length short trousers and the satchel with its two straps must surely be echoes of Moore's memories of his own schooldays.
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