'Howl, howl, howl, howl! O you are men of stones,/ Had I your tongues, and eyes, I'd use them so,/ That Heav'ns vault should crack, O she is gone forever!' (Lear and Cordelia from William Shakespeare's 'King Lear', Act V, Scene 10)

Henry Howard

1769-1847

Britishpainter

'Howl, howl, howl, howl! O you are men of stones,/ Had I your tongues, and eyes, I'd use them so,/ That Heav'ns vault should crack, O she is gone forever!' (Lear and Cordelia from William Shakespeare's 'King Lear', Act V, Scene 10)

1819

61 x 89 cms | 24 x 35 ins
Oil on canvas

Sir John Soane's Museum

London| United Kingdom