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Object Type
print
Museum number
1839,0713.3
Title
Object:
John Kemble as Hamlet
Description
Portrait after Lawrence (Garlick 451d); standing whole-length to front in a fur-trimmed robe, looking to upper right and holding the skull of Yorick down in his left hand, buildings behind and an anchor in the foreground. 1834 Mezzotint
Producer name
Print made by:
James Bromley
After:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Published by:
Hodgson, Boys & Graves
Published by:
Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Baronet
School/style
British
Production date
1834
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
295 millimetres
Width:
221 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Location
Not on display
Associated names
Portrait of:
John Kemble
Representation of:
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Illustration to:
William Shakespeare
Associated titles
Associated Title:
Hamlet
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Thomas Boys
Acquisition date
1839
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1839,0713.3