Lear and Cordelia in Chains
Embroidered Picture
ca. 1800 (made)
ca. 1800 (made)
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Large silk picture of cream silk taffeta covered in silk embroidery. The sky and faces and hands of the figures depicted are hand painted in watercolour. The subject is taken from Shakespeare's "King Lear", depicting Lear and Cordelia in chains being brought before Edmund and his captain & soldiers (Act 5, scene III). The oval picture is framed within a large gilt frame, with ornamental corners, and a smooth plane of gilt, with an oval cut-out, to expose the embroidery.
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Title | Lear and Cordelia in Chains |
Materials and techniques | Silk taffeta, silk embroidery, watercolour painting, gilt frame |
Brief description | Embroidered picture of silk taffeta, 'Lear and Cordelia in Chains', England, ca. 1800 |
Physical description | Large silk picture of cream silk taffeta covered in silk embroidery. The sky and faces and hands of the figures depicted are hand painted in watercolour. The subject is taken from Shakespeare's "King Lear", depicting Lear and Cordelia in chains being brought before Edmund and his captain & soldiers (Act 5, scene III). The oval picture is framed within a large gilt frame, with ornamental corners, and a smooth plane of gilt, with an oval cut-out, to expose the embroidery. |
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Credit line | Bequeathed by Miss E. B. Lawn |
Literary reference | Beginning of King Lear, Act V, Scene III, by William Shakespeare |
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Accession number | T.449-1977 |
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Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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