Lear and Cordelia

1784

John Raphael Smith

Artist, British, 1752 - 1812

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    mezzotint on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Paul Mellon Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 45.7 x 55.3 cm (18 x 21 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2001.118.64

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Chaloner Smith 1884, undescribed

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Princes of Liechtenstein (according to NS, from mount). Christopher Lennox-Boyd; (Nicholas Stogdon, Oxford); purchased 2001 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1884

  • Smith, John Chaloner. British mezzotinto portraits, being a descriptive catalogue of these engravings from the introduction of the art to the early part of the present century. 4 vols. London: Henry Sotheran and Co., 1884.

1902

  • Frankau, Julia. John Raphael Smith: His Life and Works. London: MacMillan and Co., 1902.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: Painted by H. Fuseli; lower center in plate: LEAR & CORDELIA / Cor. Sir do you know me Lear. You are a spirit I know, where did you die / London Publish'd May 21 1784 by I.R. Smith No. 83 Oxford Street King Lear Act 4th; lower right in plate: Engraved by J.R. Smith Mezzotinto Engraver, to / his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. / From the Original in the possession of Wm Lock Esqr.
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Wikidata ID

Q76346388

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