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Design for Gertrude's private apartment in Elsinore Castle

Theatre Design
1864 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Design for Queen Gertrude's private apartment in Elsinore Castle for a 1864 production of Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre. Hamlet sees his father's ghost for a second time.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for Gertrude's private apartment in Elsinore Castle (generic title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Brief description
William Telbin, design for Hamlet, as produced by Charles Fletcher at Lyceum Theatre, 1864
Physical description
Design for Queen Gertrude's private apartment in Elsinore Castle for a 1864 production of Hamlet at the Lyceum Theatre. Hamlet sees his father's ghost for a second time.
Dimensions
  • Height: 7.125in
  • Width: 8.875in
Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Credit line
Given by W. L. Telbin
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Association
Literary referenceHamlet by William Shakespeare
Bibliographic reference
Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1985
Collection
Accession number
E.264-1925

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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