King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1), August 1, 1792, Stipple engraving; published state, image: 17 3/8 x 23 11/16 in. (44.1 x 60.1 cm), Prints, After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London), In 1792 John and Josiah Boydell published this stipple engraving of a painting Fuseli submitted to the Shakespeare Gallery in 1790. The scene occurs near the beginning of King Lear. At the center of the composition sits the elderly king, who has divested himself of power and ordered his daughters–Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia–to declare their devotion to him in return for a portion of the kingdom
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King Lear Casting Out, Daughter Cordelia, Shakespeare, Lear, Act 1, Scene, August, 1792, Stipple engraving, published state, image, 17 3/8 x 23 11/16, 44.1 60.1 cm, Prints, After Henry Fuseli, Swiss, Zürich, 1741–1825, London, John, Josiah Boydell, published, stipple, painting, submitted, Shakespeare Gallery, 1790, scene occurs, center, composition sits, elderly king, divested, power, ordered, daughters–Goneril, Regan, Cordelia– declare, devotion, return, portion, kingdom
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