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Benjamin Beale Evans|William Shakespeare|Francesco Bartolozzi|Benjamin West

King Lear and Cordelia (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 4, Scene 7)

ca. 1783
Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink
32.1 × 43.7 cm (12.6 × 17.2 in)

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