Art Institute of Chicago
Lear
John Hamilton MortimerLinkedCulture matchlcp-3209cfb8b8c5
- Date
- March 15, 1776 (originally published); published 1809
- Medium
- Etching on cream wove paper
- Culture
- England
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Institution
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Object ID
- 155623
From the Art Institute of Chicago record
Part of the same series of heads that includes the image of Beatrice , this work depicts the crazed King Lear as he gazes skyward. His eyes bulge and his hair whips about his face as he considers his own misdeeds and tragedy. John Hamilton Mortimer expertly captured the despair and loss of control Lear feels in this moment. The old king cries out the monologue quoted below the image.
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- Credit line
- Mary S. Adams Endowment
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- Object type
- AAT300041273
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