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JULIA MARGARET CAMERON. King Lear Alotting His Kingdom to His Three Daughters
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Title:
King Lear Alotting His Kingdom to His Three Daughters
Caption:
King Lear Alotting His Kingdom to His Three Daughters. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron (British (born India), Calcutta 1815-1879 Kalutara, Ceylon). Dimensions: Mount: 18 1/2 × 14 7/8 in. (47 × 37.8 cm)
Image: 13 1/8 × 11 1/16 in. (33.4 × 28.1 cm). Date: 1872.
The three Liddell sisters--Lorina, Elizabeth, and Alice--posed with the photographer's husband playing the tragically deceived King Lear in one of Cameron's few Shakespearean compositions. Goneril and Regan whisper false flattery in the aging king's ear while the truly devoted but disinherited Cordelia--here unadorned and dressed in white--stands before him, an embodiment of disillusioned innocence.
Technique/material:
Albumen silver print from glass negative
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3209 x 3967 px | 36.4 MB
Print size:
27.2 x 33.6 cm | 10.7 x 13.2 in (300 dpi)
