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Lear Casting out his Daughter Cordelia

A work made of stipple etching and engraving on ivory laid paper.
CC0 Public Domain Designation

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  • A work made of stipple etching and engraving on ivory laid paper.

Date:

1792

Artist:

Richard Earlom (British, 1743-1822)
after Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825)

About this artwork

King Lear tells the tragic tale of a king driven to madness. Flattered and manipulated by his disingenuous older daughters into giving them his lands, Lear banishes his youngest daughter, the devoted Cordelia, in the scene depicted here. This print is based upon Henry Fuseli’s painting of the same subject, created for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery in London, which the publisher had reproduced for the wider commercial audience of Shakespeare enthusiasts throughout Britain.

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Richard Earlom

Title

Lear Casting out his Daughter Cordelia

Place

England (Artist's nationality)

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Made 1792

Medium

Stipple etching and engraving on ivory laid paper

Dimensions

Plate: 50.1 × 63.4 cm (19 3/4 × 25 in.); Sheet: 55 × 68 cm (21 11/16 × 26 13/16 in.)

Credit Line

William D. Shorey Memorial

Reference Number

1993.185

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