Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Art Institute of Chicago

Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

James Barry (Irish, 1741-1806)

Date
1803
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
Culture
Ireland
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

Despite its title Eastern Patriarch , Barry’s lithograph directly copies the head of King Lear from his painting King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (1786–88), as well as an earlier print of the same subject. Barry’s image of Lear calls to mind the king’s words from Shakespeare’s play: “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! . . . Singe my white head!”

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