Cordelia at the bedside of Lear
History note: Colonel Gillum, to whom presented by Madox Brown sometime after 1856 ; Thomas Brocklebank, Christie's 8 July 1938; bt. Birnbaum (16 gns); Mrs Ernestine Mills; Sotheby's 7 November 1956, lot 28 ('Various properties'); bt. Thomas Agnew and Sons, from whom purchased, 1956
Height: 215 mm
Width: 274 mm
Method of acquisition: Given (2003) by Batchelor, Ivor, Sir and Lady
19th Century, Mid
Production date:
c.
AD 1848
arched at top
Paper
Graphite
Black chalk
Red chalk
Gouache
Accession number: PD.62-2003
Primary reference Number: 98090
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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