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| Keywords: Lear and Cordelia (1849-54).jpg en Oil paint on canvas This is one of three paintings by Ford Madox Brown illustrating Shakespeare ™s play King Lear This scene shows Lear with his youngest daughter Cordelia on the right Lear ™s doctor orders the musicians to play more loudly and awaken him But Cordelia is anxious that her ailing father should sleep and she speaks the lament inscribed on the painting ™s frame In the play Lear divides his kingdom between his other two daughters and their husbands But after a painful period of self-discovery he realises that Cordelia is his only true loving child 2013-03-21 00 12 37 http //www tate org uk/art/artworks/brown-lear-and-cordelia-n03065 Creator Ford Madox Brown cc-zero Uploaded with UploadWizard Ford Madox Brown | ||||
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