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Hamlet

Lithograph
1843 (made)
Artist/Maker
Bertauts (printer)
Delacroix (artist)
Place of origin
France (made)

Lithographic print on paper

Object details

Categories
Prints
Illustration
Shakespeare
Object type
Lithograph
Titles
  • Hamlet (series title)
  • Hamlet et Laertes dans la fosse d’Ophélie (published title)
Materials and techniques
printer's ink, paper, lithography
Printer's Ink
Paper (Fiber Product)
Lithography
Brief description
By Eugène Delacroix: 'Hamlet et Laertes dans la fosse d’Ophélie', from the series of 16 prints illustrating Shakespeare's Hamlet. Lithograph, French, 1843.
Physical description
Lithographic print on paper
Dimensions
  • Height: 11 1/4in (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1968)
  • Width: 7 5/8in (Note: Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1968)
Marks and inscriptions
E.D. 1843 (Signed and dated.)
Credit line
Acquired from London Graphic Art Associates, London in 1968
Subject depicted
Hamlet
Association
Shakespeare
Literary references
  • Hamlet
  • Shakespeare
Bibliographic reference
Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1968
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
CIRC.125-1968

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Record createdJuly 1, 2009
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1106340/hamlet-lithograph-delacroix/
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