Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus Dalziel
1823-1906
She's Gone Forever!
1854
7 x 4 15/16 inches (178 x 126 mm); mounted on sheet: 14 x 10 1/16 inches (355 x 255 mm)
Watercolor on paper.
1986.2104:2
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Title and attribution from accompanying cover sheet.
Drawing illustrates a passage from Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's "King Lear".
Forms part of the portfolio of 11 drawings entitled, "Shreds from Shakespeare Illustrated by Members of the Crayon Club", dated 1854 (see 1986.2104).
Drawing illustrates a passage from Act 5, Scene 3 of Shakespeare's "King Lear".
Forms part of the portfolio of 11 drawings entitled, "Shreds from Shakespeare Illustrated by Members of the Crayon Club", dated 1854 (see 1986.2104).
Inscriptions/Markings
Initialed by the artist and dated "Octr./24/54" at lower right.
Summary
Drawing shows Lear holding the lifeless body of Cordelia in his arms.
Associated names
Ray, Gordon Norton, 1915-1986, former owner.
Bibliography
Ray, Gordon N. The illustrator and the book in England from 179-1914. New York : Oxford University Press, 1976, p. 92.
Classification
Century Drawings
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