King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1)
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare
Artist: Shearjashub Spooner|Richard Earlom|Henry Fuseli|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare
Artist bio: American, Brandon, Vermont 1809–1859 Plainfield, New Jersey|British, London 1743–1822 London|Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London|British, 1786–1804|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon
Artist role: Publisher|Engraver|Artist|Publisher|Subject
Artist nationality: American|British|Swiss|British|British
Date: first published 1792; reissued 1852
Medium: Stipple engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions: image: 17 3/8 x 23 11/16 in. (44.1 x 60.1 cm)
plate: 19 1/2 x 25 1/8 in. (49.5 x 63.8 cm)
sheet: 21 3/4 x 27 15/16 in. (55.3 x 71 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Accession year: 1942
Tags: King Lear|Kings|Men|Women|Dogs|Shakespeare|Fathers