1796
English
Prints
Works On Paper
stipple engraving on wove paper
Sheet: 21 7/8 × 28 in. (55.56 × 71.12 cm)
Plate: 19 1/4 × 25 in. (48.9 × 63.5 cm)
Image: 17 1/8 × 23 9/16 in. (43.5 × 59.85 cm)
41.12.1
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by H. Fuseli R.A. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by R. Thew/ Hist. Engraver to H.R.H. the P. of Wales. Printed beneath image in center: Shakspeare./ Hamlet,/ Prince of Denmark./ Act I, Scene IV,/ The Platform before the Palace of Elsineur.__, Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost./ Sept. 29, 1796 by J. & J. Boydell, at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, & at No. 90, Cheapside, London. Lines from Hamlet printed in lower margin. Printed in lower left corner: 96.
Gift of the Richmond Public Library
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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