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- Title:
Lear Awakened by Cordelia
- Additional Title(s):
Verso: Lear Awakened by Cordelia, Traced but Modified
Lear Awakening to See Cordelia
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1774 and 1775
- Medium:
- Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/16 x 19 5/16 inches (30.7 x 49 cm), Image: 9 13/16 x 13 3/4 inches (25 x 35 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, on back, center above verso image: "No. 181"
Circular collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4541); oval collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4542)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.11
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- beard | daughter | family | father | figure study | gesturing | grief | king (person) | King Lear, play by William Shakespeare | lifting | literary theme | man | men | old | plays by William Shakespeare | sick | sitting | sleeping | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
King Lear (character in King Lear)
Cordelia (character in King Lear) - 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:5768
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