Etching and aquatint with India ink, published state
Dimensions:
Plate: 21 7/8 x 21 5/8 inches (55.6 x 54.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Engraved inscriptions: below image at left, "James Barry Pinxit"; below at left, "Published by Act of Parliament by J. Barry. 1776--"; below image at center, "King Lear--"; below at center, "Howl, howl, howl, howl, -- O, you are men of Stone -- Had I your tongues and eyes, I'd use them so, --That heaven's vault should crack, she's gone for ever. -- Shakespeare King Lear Act 5th June 10th--"; below at right, "Arch. I Macduff Sculpt--"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.11064
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | King Lear, play by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Paul Mellon's Legacy : A Passion for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29)The Romantic Print in Britain - Yale Center for British Art (Carnegie Museum of Art, 2004-02-14 - 2004-05-09)The Romantic Print in the Age of Revolutions: Hero, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History (Yale Center for British Art, 2003-01-23 - 2003-06-01)The Creative Printmaker (Yale Center for British Art, 1985-07-09 - 1985-09-01)The Creative Printmaker (Joseph and Margaret Muscarelle Museum of Art, 1986-03-05 - 1986-04-20)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Rena M. Hoisington, Aquatint : from its origins to Goya, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., p. 175, no. 2, NE2230 .H657 2021 (YCBA)Paul Mellon's Legacy : a passion for British art [large print labels], , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2007, v. 2, N5220 M552 P381 2007 OVERSIZE (YCBA)