King Lear, Act I, Scene i (Primary Title)
Richard Earlom, English, 1743 - 1822 (Artist)
After, Henry Fuseli, Swiss, active in England, 1741 - 1825 (Artist)
Printed beneath image, lower left: "Painted by H.y Fuseli."; lower right: "Engrav'd by Rd. Earlom."; lower center: "SHAKSPEARE./ King Lear./ ACT I. SCENE I./ Published Aug.t 1. 1702 by JOHN & JOSIAH BOYDELL at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall, & No. 90, Cheapside London."; on left: "Lear. Let it be so,__ Thy truth then be thy dower:/ For by the sacred radiance of the sun;/ The mysteries of Hecate, and the night;/ By all the operations of the orbs,/ From whom we do exist, and cease to be;"; on right: "Here I disdain all my paternal care,/ Propinquity and property of blood,/ And as a stranger to my heart and me/ Hold thee, from this, for ever."
Gift of the Richmond Public Library
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