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Charles Kean as Hamlet in Hamlet by William Shakespeare

Painting
1835 (made)
Artist/Maker
Daniels, William (painter (artist))

Painting entitiled "Charles Kean as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare", William Daniels, 1835.


Object details

Categories
Paintings
Access_to_Images 2003
Portraits
Shakespeare
SCRAN
Object type
Painting
TitleCharles Kean as Hamlet in <i>Hamlet</i> by William Shakespeare (generic title)
Materials and techniques
oil on canvas
Oil Paint
Canvas
Oil Painting
Brief description
Painting entitiled "Charles Kean as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare", William Daniels, 1835.
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 59.7cm
  • Estimate width: 43.8cm
Dimensions taken from Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, Ronald Parkinson, Victoria and Albert Museum, London: HMSO, 1990
Style
British School
Credit line
Given by Sir Joshua Walmsley
Object history
Given by Sir Joshua Walmsley, 1872
Subjects depicted
Young, Charles Mayne
Glover, Mary
Hamlet
Ophelia
Bibliographic references
  • Ashton, G., Catalogue of Paintings at the Theatre Museum, London. ed. James Fowler, London : Victoria and Albert Museum, 1992. 224p. ill. ISBN 1851771026
  • Parkinson, R., Victoria and Albert Museum, Catalogue of British Oil Paintings 1820-1860, London: HMSO, 1990, p. 66
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
369-1872

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Record createdOctober 28, 2003
Record URL
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