"King Lear," Act I, Scene I, by Edwin Austin Abbey, 1898
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"King Lear," Act I, Scene I

Edwin Austin Abbey (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1852–1911 London)

1898

Medium
Oil on canvas
Classification
Painting
Dimensions
54 1/4 x 127 1/4 in. (137.8 x 323.2 cm)
Culture
American
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The American Wing
Credit line
Gift of George A. Hearn, 1913
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed

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