Description
Despite its title Eastern Patriarch, Barry’s lithograph directly copies the head of King Lear from his painting King Lear Weeping Over the Body of Cordelia (1786–88), as well as an earlier print of the same subject. Barry’s image of Lear calls to mind the king’s words from Shakespeare’s play: “Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! . . . Singe my white head!”
Accession Number
229002
Medium
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
Dimensions
Image/primary support: 23 × 31.7 cm (9 1/16 × 12 1/2 in.); Secondary support: 37.5 × 48.9 cm (14 13/16 × 19 5/16 in.)
Classification
lithograph
Credit Line
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund