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Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
James Barry1803
- Attribution
- James Barry (Irish, 1741-1806) published by Philipp André (German, active London, 1800–1805) and James Heath (British, 1757–1834)
- Medium
- Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
- Physical 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.)
- Credit line
- The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
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Source rights statement: Public domain
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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!”
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