King Lear in the Storm
Maker
(artist)
1738-1820
(engraver)
1841 (active)
1738-1820
(engraver)
1841 (active)
Title
King Lear in the Storm
Date of Production
c. 1841
Medium
Chalk lithography
Dimensions
Height: 29 cm
Width: 23 cm
Width: 23 cm
Accession Number
G.1990.WL.3528
Mode of Acquisition
Witt Library, transfer, 1990
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
tearing off
hovel
Notes
Subject painted by West in 1788 for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, opened in 1789. The original painting is in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Provenance
Information not yet known or updated
Inscriptions
Inscription: Recto: upper right, printed above image: 46
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: B. WEST, PINX.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: J. DICKSON, LITH.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: KING LEAR IN THE STORM.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower left, printed below image: B. WEST, PINX.
Maker's mark: Recto: lower right, printed below image: J. DICKSON, LITH.
Inscription: Recto: lower centre, printed below image: KING LEAR IN THE STORM.
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