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unknown artist, eighteenth century, Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i, between 1770 and 1780
- Title:
Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent, from Shakespeare's "King Lear," I, i
- Former Title(s):
Cordelia Championed by the Earl of Kent from 'King Lear,' I, i [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
- Date:
- between 1770 and 1780
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 41 1/8 x 50 1/2 inches (104.5 x 128.3 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.5.15
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.5.15FR
- Subject Terms:
- actors | architecture | armor | costume | curtain | dogs (animals) | earl | gesture | guards (security) | interior | king (person) | King Lear, play by William Shakespeare | literary theme | map | performance | rug | stage | sword | theater (discipline) | throne | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Cordelia (character in King Lear) - Access:
- Not on view
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:225
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Malcolm Cormack, Concise Catalogue of Paintings in the Yale Center for British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 1985, pp. 36-37, N590.2 A83 (YCBA) [YCBA]
The British Castle : A Symbol in Stone, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2017, pp. 16-17, cat. 11, V2722 [ORBIS]
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