drawing
- Museum number
- 1959,0711.3
- Description
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Illustration to 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare, Act III, Scene IV; Hamlet and his mother Queen Gertrude on the right, the Ghost of Old Hamlet in armour standing to left, the feet of the slain Polonius in the right background
Graphite with pen and grey ink and grey wash
Verso; two faces; to left man turned and looking slightly right, woman to right looking to front
Graphite with black chalk
- Production date
- 1818-1844
- Dimensions
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Height: 383 millimetres
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Width: 270 millimetres
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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1994 Jun-Jul, Cheltenham AG and Museum, 'The Romantic Art ...', no. 18
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Hamlet
- Acquisition date
- 1959
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
1959,0711.3 to 10 come from an album largely composed of Holst's works, but also including some drawings by Fuseli. The album formerly belonged to John Etherington Welch Rolls of The Hendre, Monmouth, and was sold at Christie's, 17 March 1959, lot 112.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1959,0711.3
