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George Romney, 1734–1802, British, Lear Awakened by Cordelia, ca. 1774
- Title:
- Lear Awakened by Cordelia
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1774
- Materials & Techniques:
- Brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 14 15/16 x 19 5/16 inches (38 x 49 cm), Image: 12 5/8 x 15 9/16 inches (32 x 39.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in red pencil, on back, upper left: "89"
Circular collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4541); oval collector's mark: Xavier Haas (Lugt 4542)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. Richardson Dilworth, B.A. 1938
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1979.12.606
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- concern | daughter | family | father | gesturing | grief | king (person) | King Lear, play by William Shakespeare | lifting | literary theme | man | old | plays by William Shakespeare | sadness | sitting | sleeping | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
King Lear (character in King Lear)
Cordelia (character in King Lear) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6736
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 42-3, no. 109, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Smith College Museum of Art, The drawings of George Romney ; an exhibition held from May to September 1962 at the Smith College Museum of Art , Northampton, Mass., Northampton, MA, 1962, cat. no. 4, NJ18 R65 S46 [ORBIS]
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