1802
English
Works On Paper
Prints
engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 22 × 28 in. (55.88 × 71.12 cm)
Plate: 19 1/4 × 24 7/8 in. (48.9 × 63.18 cm)
Image: 17 × 23 1/8 in. (43.18 × 58.74 cm)
41.12.2
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by Benjamin West R.A./ President of the Royal Academy/ 97. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by Francis Legat/ Hist.l Engraver to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales. Printed beneath image in center: Shakspeare/ Hamlet/ Act IV Scene V/ Elsinore___, King. Queen. Laertes. Ophelia. &c/ Dec. 1 1802 by J & J Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall & N. 90, Cheapside, London. Lines from Hamlet printed in lower margin.
Gift of the Richmond Public Library
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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