- Creator:
- Sharp, William, 1749-1824, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1793]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 724 803B no. 53
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "King Lear at the centre, his arm raised and looking up towards the dark sky, as Kent, behind him, attempts to coerce him out of the storm; Edgar, dressed as Tom O'Bedlam, sits huddled by a scant wooden shelter on the lower right, the Fool on the left crouching and looking warily towards Edgar, behind him stands Gloucester, holding a raised torch and reaching out his hand to Lear."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from published state., Lettered below image with title, two lines of verse from 'King Lear', Act III, Scene IV: "Off, off, you lendings. Come, unbutton here. (Tearing off his clothes.)]", Numbered '50' in lower left., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 52 x 65 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 25, 1793 by John & Josiah Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & No. 90 Cheapside, London
- Subject (Name):
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
- Subject (Topic):
- Characters and Kings and rulers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > King Lear. Act III. Scene IV [graphic]
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