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King Lear and Cordelia

James BARRY
King Lear and Cordelia
 1776

Medium
etching and engraving

Measurements
51.5 × 55.8 cm (plate) 57.7 × 76.0 cm (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Presented by the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce, 1881

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Catalogue/s Raisonné
Pressly 50 vii; Tomory, 1979, no. 50

Inscription
printed in ink (in image) l.l.: James Barry pinxit &c
printed in ink (in image) l.c.: King Lear
printed in ink (in image) l.r.: Published 1776

Accession Number
p.183.225-1

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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