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The Death of Cordelia

Oil Painting
1858 (painted)
Artist/Maker

Oil painting, 'The Death of Cordelia', Paul Falconer Poole, 1858


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleThe Death of Cordelia
Materials and techniques
Oil on canvas
Brief description
Oil painting, 'The Death of Cordelia', Paul Falconer Poole, 1858
Dimensions
  • Approx. height: 144.2cm
  • Approx. width: 187.4cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
Marks and inscriptions
'PF[in monogram]Poole 1858' (Signed and dated by the artist, lower right)
Object history
Purchased, 1887
Subjects depicted
Literary referenceShakespeare, <i>King Lear</i>
Bibliographic reference
Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990, pp. 231-33
Collection
Accession number
322-1887

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Record createdMarch 7, 2007
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