print
- Museum number
- 1838,0714.92
- Title
- Object: King Lear, Act V, Scene I
- Description
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The King sits up weakly on his bed, supported by a male figure (perhaps Kent or the Doctor) and with Cordelia sitting beside him, holding his hand with her other on her chest, tears in her eyes; two further women and two soldiers stand at left; after Benjamin West (Staley 214?). 1799
Mezzotint
- Production date
- 1799
- Dimensions
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Height: 483 millimetres
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Width: 582 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- The scene is incorrectly identified in the title, as the action portayed here is loosely based on act IV, scene VII, which includes the lines spoken by Lear which are quoted below this print. The line from Cordelia is a fabrication or reflects contemporary alteration of Shakespeare's text. See von Erffa and Staley, Nos. 212-214, pp. 273-6.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: King Lear
- Acquisition date
- 1838
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1838,0714.92
