Title: King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1)
Object type: Print
Date: first published 1792; reissued 1852
Portfolio: The American edition of Boydell's Illustrations of the Dramatic Works of Shakespeare
Artist:  Richard Earlom 
Artist bio: British, London 1743–1822 London
Artist nationality: British
Artist role: Engraver
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
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Kings, term: Shakespeare, term: Men, term: Fathers, term: Women, term: Dogs, term: King Lear