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Barker, Thomas, 1769–1847
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Gardner, Daniel, 1750–1805
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Ward, James, 1769–1859
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Green, Valentine, 1739–1813
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Hills, Robert, 1769–1844
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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792
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Sherwin, John Keyse, c.1751–1790
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Unknown artist
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West, Benjamin, 1738–1820
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Drawings & Watercolors
7
Prints
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unknown
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Collective Title
King Lear
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Period
18th century-19th century
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18th century
4
Materials & Techniques
graphite
6
laid paper
6
gouache
4
wove paper
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watercolor
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mezzotint
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pastel
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white chalk
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chine collé
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red crayon
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drawing
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portrait
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figure study
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genre subject
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animal art
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landscape
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literary theme
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marine art
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religious and mythological subject
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Subject Terms
clouds
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figure study
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genre subject
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portrait
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King Lear, Act V, Scene III
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King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
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Peter and/or John make sure that the tomb of Christ is empty
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anxiety
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barefoot
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beard
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carrying
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cloak
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cloaks
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daughter
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death
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dress
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father
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gesture
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gesturing
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Europe
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Maas River
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Rotterdam
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The Netherlands
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Associated People
Cordelia (character in King Lear)
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John the Evangelist, Saint (c. 1–c. 100 AD)
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King Lear (character in King Lear)
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Peter, the Apostle, St. (ca. 1 BC - ca. 68 AD)
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Pownall, Hannah, née Kennett (d. 1807), married Thomas Pownall on 2 August 1784, widow of Richard Astell,
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Pownall, Thomas (1722–1805), colonial governor and politician
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Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723–1792), portrait and history painter and art theorist
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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saints
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Exhibition History
First Masters of American Silver (Yale University Art Gallery, 1996-02-03 - 1996-07-21)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Yale Center for British Art, Yale Art Gallery Collection, Gift of Edward B. Greene, B.A. 1900
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Thomas Barker, 1769–1847
Landscape with Shepherd and Sheep
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unknown artist
The Death of Cordelia
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Print made by John Keyse Sherwin, c.1751–1790
Sir Joshua Reynolds
c.1784
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James Ward, 1769–1859
Studies of Hands
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Print made by Valentine Green, 1739–1813
Peter and John Going to the Sepulchre
1784
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James Ward, 1769–1859
A Farmhand Riding Side-saddle, Carrying an Urn
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Robert Hills, 1769–1844
Looking Across the Maas from Rotterdam
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Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Mrs. Thomas Pownall, née Kennett
1784
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Daniel Gardner, 1750–1805
Gov. Thomas Pownall
1784