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Lear

Lear
1775-1776
from a series of prints of Shakespearean heads, published 1775-76

Medium
etching
Measurements
42.0 × 32.5 cm (plate) 56.5 × 42.1 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Nag. no. 2, 3 (vol. XI p. 26)
Printing/Publishing
printed and published by John Mortimer
Inscription
printed in ink above image u.c.: LEAR
printed in ink below image l.l.-l.r.: King Lear Act III, scene 3d. / Here I stand your slave, a poor infirm, weak and despised old man / but yet I call you cervile ministers / 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 - / Publish'd March 15, 1778, by J. Mortimer, Norfolk Street, STRAND
Accession Number
2930-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display