Oil on canvas, size 106 x 144.5 inches, Tate Gallery, London.

The reprieve arrives too late to save Cordelia and Lear, desperately hoping she still lives, weeps with grief and says,

And my poor fool is hang'd! No, no, no life!
Why should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life,
And thou no breath at all? Thou'lt come no more,
Never, never, never, never, never!
Pray you, undo this button: thank you, sir.
Do you see this? Look on her, look, her lips,
Look there, look there!

With these last words he dies.

This picture is displayed on the Tate Gallery's website where the Gallery has mounted many of the paintings from its magnificent collection. The site is well constructed and easy to navigate. All the pages will open in separate windows, so close them to return to Shakespeare Illustrated. If a picture has a display caption, read it; the notes will supplement what I have to say about an illustration.