File:Benjamin West King Lear Act III scene 4.jpg

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Benjamin West: King Lear  wikidata:Q20634498 reasonator:Q20634498
Artist
Benjamin West  (1738–1820)  wikidata:Q313498 q:it:Benjamin West
 
Benjamin West
Description American-British painter and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death 10 October 1738 / 10 November 1738 Edit this at Wikidata 11 March 1820 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Springfield Township London
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London, Roma, Philadelphia
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artist QS:P170,Q313498
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Title
King Lear Edit this at Wikidata
title QS:P1476,en:"King Lear Edit this at Wikidata"
label QS:Len,"King Lear Edit this at Wikidata"
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Description
King Lear in the Storm
Date 1788
date QS:P571,+1788-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on canvas
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 271.8 cm (107 in) Edit this at Wikidata; width: 365.8 cm (12 ft) Edit this at Wikidata
dimensions QS:P2048,+271.8U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,+365.8U174728
institution QS:P195,Q49133
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1979.476 (Museum of Fine Arts Boston) Edit this at Wikidata
Place of creation United States of America Edit this at Wikidata
Notes painted for the Boydell Shakespeare Gallery
References Museum of Fine Arts, Boston object ID: 34327 Edit this at Wikidata
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institution QS:P195,Q49133
via: [1]

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