# Lear and Cordelia

**Richard Hatfield** (English, born London, England 1809-died London, England 1867)  
1845  
engraving  
no measurements

Courtesy of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, 1967.54.29. [The museum's record](https://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artwork/?id=10110).

## About this work

Richard Hatfield made this in 1845, aged 36. It is now at the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, DC.

### How it was made

- **Engraving.** Lines cut directly into a metal plate with a steel burin, which makes them swell and taper. It took years to master, and for centuries it was how paintings travelled as pictures.

### [Richard Hatfield](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/richard-hatfield)

English, born London, England 1809-died London, England 1867

## Facts

- Type: Graphic Arts-Print
- The artist was 36
- Century: 19th century
- Subjects: Literature, Character, Shakespeare, Cordelia, King Lear
- Colour: black
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

- Free download, full resolution: https://img.ochreeditions.com/m/1932.jpg?dl=1
- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1932/1920.jpg
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- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3

Sizes stop where the museum's file would print below 150 pixels per inch. Everything sold is a reproduction, made to order. [Order a print](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/lear-and-cordelia-si-saam-1967-54-29).