King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1) first published 1792; reissued 1852 Richard Earlom British Fuseli's image evokes a scene at the start of King Lear where the elderly king divests himself of power and orders his daughters-Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia-to declare their devotion in return for a portion of the kingdom. The latter's refusal to flatter a father she truly loves results in her banishment. Earlom's choice of stipple allows the varying expressions of numerous participants to be distinguished. The work was conceived for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as a publishing-cum-exhibition scheme that included a new illustrated edition of the plays, sets of large and small engravings, and a gallery on London's Pall Mall. The latter opened in 1789 with thirty-four paintings and contained about one hundred and seventy works the time Boydell went bankrupt and auctioned the contents in 1805-his print sales plummeted when

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King Lear Casting Out His Daughter Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 1, Scene 1) first published 1792; reissued 1852 Richard Earlom British Fuseli's image evokes a scene at the start of King Lear where the elderly king divests himself of power and orders his daughters-Goneril, Regan, and Cordelia-to declare their devotion in return for a portion of the kingdom. The latter's refusal to flatter a father she truly loves results in her banishment. Earlom's choice of stipple allows the varying expressions of numerous participants to be distinguished. The work was conceived for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, launched in 1786 as a publishing-cum-exhibition scheme that included a new illustrated edition of the plays, sets of large and small engravings, and a gallery on London's Pall Mall. The latter opened in 1789 with thirty-four paintings and contained about one hundred and seventy works the time Boydell went bankrupt and auctioned the contents in 1805-his print sales plummeted when

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