- Title:
- Lear, from King Lear, Act III, Scene ii
- Date:
- 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Etching, published state on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 7/8 × 13 11/16 inches (42.9 × 34.8 cm), Plate: 15 13/16 × 12 15/16 inches (40.2 × 32.8 cm), Image: 13 9/16 × 11 1/4 inches (34.5 × 28.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered above image: "LEAR."; below image, lower left: "King Lear Act III, Scene 3d"; below image, lower center left: "Here I stand your Slave, | a poor, infirm, weak and despisd old man | but yet I call you servile ministers"; below image, lower center right: "that have with two pernicious daughters joind | your high engender'd battles 'gainst a head | so old and white as this, oh! oh! tis foul__"; below image and border, center: "Publifh'd March 15 1776: by J. MORTIMER, Norfolk Street, STRAND."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.12116
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:31894
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- IIIF Manifest:
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