Artwork Title: Illustration for Shakespeare's King Lear:  Act III, Scene 4. Lear’s Fool tells him to keep his cloth

Illustration for Shakespeare's King Lear: Act III, Scene 4. Lear’s Fool tells him to keep his cloth, 1930

John Erskine James Yunge-Bateman

“Prithee, nuncle, be contented. ‘Tis a naughty night to swim in.” A 1930 edition of the play (first performed in 1606) has turned up on eBay; its illustrations offer a vision you might not recognize from your high school English lit class. The drawings are by John Yunge-Bateman, who has clearly studied Aubrey Beardsley’s work. Yunge (as he signs his images) has a knack for pulling... http://www.heavymetal.com/news/artwork/illustrated-king-lear-from-1930-is-horrifying-and-creepy/#!prettyPhoto
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