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"King Lear," Act I, Scene I — Edwin Austin Abbey. "King Lear," Act I, Scene I, 1898. The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public domain (CC0).

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AT-00000386

"King Lear," Act I, Scene I

by Edwin Austin Abbey

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Artist: Edwin Austin Abbey (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1852–1911 London)
Date: 1898
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 54 1/4 x 127 1/4 in. (137.8 x 323.2 cm)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: The American Wing
Credit line: Gift of George A. Hearn, 1913
Accession no.: 13.140

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