PrintsBritish18th-19th century

King Lear: Act III, Scene 4

1793

Artists

William SharpArtist

Benjamin WestArtist after

Classification

Prints

Technique

Engraving and etching

Culture

British

Century

18th-19th century

Division

European and American Art

Department

Department of Prints

Provenance

Francis Calley Gray, bequest; to William Gray, his nephew, 1856, gift; to Harvard University, 1857.

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