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"Off, off, you lendings–Come unbutton here" (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4)

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"Off, off, you lendings–Come unbutton here" (Shakespeare, King Lear, Act 3, Scene 4)

William Sharp|Benjamin West|John & Josiah Boydell|William Shakespeare

Date
1793
Medium
Etching and engraving
Dimensions
image: 17 3/8 x 23 5/16 in. (44.2 x 59.2 cm) sheet: 19 1/4 x 24 7/16 in. (48.9 x 62.1 cm)
Object type
Print
Classification
Prints
Object number
24.63.1869
Credit line
Gift of Georgiana W. Sargent, in memory of John Osborne Sargent, 1924
Original Met record Artist authority

Artist information

British, London 1749–1824 London|American, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 1738–1820 London|British, 1786–1804|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon

Subjects and terms

  • Men
  • Shakespeare

The Met object ID 339842. The source CSV marks this record public domain, the official API identifies it as image-bearing, and the image was reverified as public domain before this page rendered.