Hamlet
Poster
1894 (issued)
1894 (issued)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Poster advertising W.S. Hardy’s Company touring production of Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet', 1894; Depicting Hamlet (played by Gordon Craig) contemplating the skull of Yorick; Stencil on brown paper; Signed.
Object details
| Categories | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Hamlet |
| Materials and techniques | Stencil on brown paper |
| Brief description | Poster advertising W.S. Hardy’s Company touring production of Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet'; Depicting Hamlet contemplating the skull of Yorick; Stencil on brown paper; Signed; Design by Beggarstaff Brothers; Great Britain; 1894. |
| Physical description | Poster advertising W.S. Hardy’s Company touring production of Shakespeare’s 'Hamlet', 1894; Depicting Hamlet (played by Gordon Craig) contemplating the skull of Yorick; Stencil on brown paper; Signed. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Signed. |
| Credit line | Given by Mrs J.T. Clarke |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Literary reference | Shakespeare, William. <u>Hamlet</u>. |
| Associated object | CIRC.605-1962 (Duplicate) |
| Bibliographic reference | Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.371-1921 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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