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Object Type
print
Museum number
1902,1011.927
Title
Object:
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; scratched-letter state. 1838 Mixed method
Producer name
Print made by:
James Egan
After:
Sir Thomas Lawrence
Published by:
Hodgson & Graves
Published by:
Sir Francis Graham Moon, 1st Baronet
School/style
British
Production date
1838
Production place
Published in:
London (England)
Materials
paper
Technique
mixed method
mezzotint
Dimensions
Height:
416 millimetres
Width:
275 millimetres
(trimmed)
$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
Bequeathed by:
William Meriton Eaton, 2nd Baron Cheylesmore
(L.445)
Acquisition date
1902
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1902,1011.927