“The Old Man and Death”
The piece is a depiction from ‘The Old Man and Death’ from Aesops fables, number 60 on the Perry index. Minted as part of the exhibition and charity event "Fable: Tales Of Childish Revery".
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2023
An old labourer, bent double with age and toil, was gathering sticks in a forest. At last he grew so tired and hopeless that he threw down the bundle of sticks, and cried out: ‘I cannot bear this life any longer. Ah, I wish Death would only come and take me!’
As he spoke, Death, a grisly skeleton, appeared and said to him: ‘What wouldst thou, Mortal? I heard thee call me.’
‘Please, sir,’ replied the woodcutter, ‘would you kindly help me to lift this bundle of sticks on to my shoulder?’
