King Lear Alotting His Kingdom to His Three Daughters, 1872, Albumen silver print from glass negative, Mount: 18 1/2 × 14 7/8 in. (47 × 37.8 cm), Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815–1879 Kalutara, Ceylon), The three Liddell sisters—Lorina, Elizabeth, and Alice—posed with the photographer’s husband playing the tragically deceived King Lear in one of Cameron’s few Shakespearean compositions. Goneril and Regan whisper false flattery in the aging king’s ear while the truly devoted but disinherited Cordelia—here unadorned and dressed in white—stands before him, an embodiment of disillusioned innocence
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King Lear Alotting, Kingdom, Three Daughters, 1872, Albumen silver print, glass negative, Mount, 18 1/2, 14 7/8, 47, 37.8 cm, Photographs, Julia Margaret Cameron, British, born India, Calcutta, 1815–1879, Kalutara, Ceylon, three, Liddell, sisters—Lorina, Elizabeth, Alice—posed, photographer, husband, playing, tragically deceived, King, Lear, Cameron, Shakespearean compositions, Goneril, Regan whisper, false, flattery, aging king, ear, truly devoted, disinherited Cordelia—, unadorned, dressed, white—stands, embodiment, disillusioned innocence
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