Artwork Title: Illustration: Shakespeare's King Lear: Act IV, Scene 1. Crazy Edgar, now calling himself Poor Tom

Illustration: Shakespeare's King Lear: Act IV, Scene 1. Crazy Edgar, now calling himself Poor Tom

John Erskine James Yunge-Bateman

Five fiends have been in poor Tom at once: of lust, as Obidicut; Hobbididence, prince of dumbness; Mahu, of stealing; Modo, of murder; Flibbertigibbet, of mopping and mowing, who since possesses chambermaids and waiting-women.” John Yunge-Bateman has clearly studied Aubrey Beardsley’s work. http://www.heavymetal.com/news/artwork/illustrated-king-lear-from-1930-is-horrifying-and-creepy/#!prettyPhoto
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