Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

$A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper.$

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$A work made of lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper.$

Prints and Drawings

1803

James Barry (Irish, 1741-1806)
published by Philipp André (German, active London, 1800–1805)
and James Heath (British, 1757–1834)

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!”

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: James Barry
Title: Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
Place: Ireland (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1803
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.)
Credit Line: The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Reference Number: 2015.217.2
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