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King Lear, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar and Fool. Arnold Bocklin (1827-1901)?; after Thomas Henry Nicolson 19th century

Artists: Thomas Henry Nicolson (Inker) , Arnold Bocklin (Painter)

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King Lear, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar and Fool. Arnold Bocklin (1827-1901)?; after Thomas Henry Nicolson 19th century Comic Art

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Thomas Henry Nicolson book Illustration of King Lear 1839

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Title:	King Lear, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar and Fool. Arnold Bocklin (1827-1901)?; after Thomas Henry Nicolson 19th century
Artist:	Thomas Henry Nicolson (Inker)
Artist:	Arnold Bocklin (Painter)
Media Type:	Paint - Oil
Art Type:	Interior Page
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	170
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	2
Added to Site:	6/13/2024
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Artist: Arnold Bocklin (1827-1901)?; after Thomas Henry Nicolson (d. 1870)
Title: Lear, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar and Fool. Lear Act III, 5c, 4
Medium: Oil on canvas
Image size: 290 x 235mm
Signed: Yes
Notes: It is signed in the bottom left, and this small signature looks like ‘Bocklin’, Arnold Bocklin?
Verso inscriptions: on artwork; ‘Lear, Kent, Gloucester, Edgar and Fool. Lear Act III, 5c, 4’, and ‘original’ written. ‘Picture 78’ label. On the frame; ‘8829 x40’ label, ‘21’ auction label, ‘7’ auction number?

This is a painted version of the fine illustration done by Thomas Henry Nicolson (d. 1870) for ‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare’, 1839.

‘The Complete Works of Shakespeare’ illustration by Nicolson:
Thomas Henry Nicolson (d. 1870). Illustration of King Lear, Act III, Scene iv. 1839. The Complete Works of Shakespeare [sic], I, 108. Signed “T H Nicholson” lower right. Engraved by C. W. Sheeres whose signature appears at the lower centre.

I'll add close ups, verso, and the engraving in additional pics.

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 6/13/2024

All melodramatically posed like renaissnance characters! Each one has their own story and purpose! Hard not to think of the long lineage of great actors who have played King Lear through the ages that add more gravitas when looking at images like this.

Steel Shredder
Member Since 2022

1 - Posted on 6/14/2024

Marcus Wai wrote:

Yes a very long list of proper actors have wanted to get their teeth into Shakespeare on the stage. But also many great artists, and in particular some favourite artists of mine like William Blake and Henry Fuseli, have painted these scenes. And of course now these stories have even made it into comic format.

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