Francesco Bartolozzi RA, 1728–1815, Italian, active in Britain (1764–99), Cordelia, 1784
- Title:
Cordelia
- Date:
- 1784
- Medium:
- Stipple engraving
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered, lower left: "Angelica Kauffman Pinxt. | You never erring Gods | Fight on his side, and thunder on his foes | Such Tempest as his poor ag'd head Sustained:"; lettered, lower right: "F. Bartolozzi Sulpt. | Your image suffers when a Monrch bleeds, | Tis your own cause for that your succours bring; | Revenge yourselves, and right an injur'd King. | Vide Shakespears King Lear"; lettered, lower center: "London Pubd Sept. 7.1784. by Jas. Birchall No.473 Strand & G. Durand No.8 Catherine Street."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.19617
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- King Lear, play by William Shakespeare | literary theme
- Associated People:
- Cordelia (character in King Lear)
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet - Access:
- View by request in the Study Room
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:37579
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