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Francis Legat|James Barry|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare

King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 5, Scene 3)

August 1, 1792
Etching and engraving
49.4 × 62.7 cm (19.4 × 24.7 in)

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