Print made by Charles Ansell, ca.1752–active 1790, British, Hamlet, 1809
- Title:
- Hamlet
- Date:
- 1809
- Materials & Techniques:
- Aquatint and etching with hand coloring on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 5/16 x 15 3/16 inches (31.2 x 38.5 cm), Plate: 11 3/4 x 14 3/4 inches (29.9 x 37.5 cm), Image: 10 5/8 x 13 7/8 inches (27 x 35.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on back, upper left: "Shakespeare | Col'd Aqua (underlined) | of-L(?)"
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "Metz del."; lower center: "HAMLET." | London, Pubd. Octr. 1809. by Wm. Holland No. 11 Cockspur St."; lower right: "Ansel & Stadler sculp."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.97
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | battlement | boots | breeches (trousers) | buckles | burlesque | caricature | castle | clouds | coats | costume | cravats | evening | feathers | gate | ghost | Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare | hats | helmet | humor | kicking | lance | light | literary theme | men | moon | night | parody | plays by William Shakespeare | satire | scroll (information artifact) | swords | tricorne | waistcoats
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
Marcellus (character in Hamlet)
Horatio (character in Hamlet)
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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