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[Etching or lithograph of a scene from Shakespeare's "King Lear"]

Benjamin Franklin Upton1851–1856

The J. Paul Getty Museum

The J. Paul Getty Museum
Los Angeles, United States

Shows Lear pointing at Cordelia. The word "SHAKSPEARE" is visible at bottom center of the illustration.

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  • Title: [Etching or lithograph of a scene from Shakespeare's "King Lear"]
  • Creator: Benjamin Franklin Upton
  • Date Created: 1851–1856
  • Physical Dimensions: 8.1 × 6.8 cm (3 3/16 × 2 11/16 in.)
  • Type: Cased object
  • External Link: Find out more about this object on the Museum website.
  • Medium: Daguerreotype
  • Terms of Use: Open Content
  • Number: 84.XT.1601.19
  • Credit Line: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
  • Creator Display Name: Benjamin Franklin Upton (American, 1818 - 1910)
  • Classification: Photographs (Visual Works)
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