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Dixon, John, ca. 1740–1811
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Romney, George, 1734–1802
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Ryland, William Wynne, 1732–1783
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Drawings & Watercolors
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Prints
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male
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King Lear
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18th century
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laid paper
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brown ink
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graphite
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mezzotint
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drawing
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figure study
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portrait
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sitting
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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beard
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daughter
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Europe
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Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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O'Brien, Mary, 3rd Countess of Orkney (1755–1831)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)
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Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)
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The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
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George Romney, 1734–1802
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
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John Dixon, ca. 1740–1811
Nelly O'Brien (Lady Mary O'Brien)
1774