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Title
Ophelia: There's Rue for You, and Here's Some for Me
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Additional Title(s)
'Hamlet,' Act IV, Scene V
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Part Of
Collective Title: Hamlet
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Date
1784
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Materials & Techniques
Stipple engraving and etching on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
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Dimensions
Sheet: 11 x 8 9/16 inches (27.9 x 21.7 cm), Plate: 10 9/16 x 8 1/8 inches (26.8 x 20.7 cm), Image: 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 inches (11.5 x 9.2 cm)
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Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering
Inscribed in graphite, on back, lower right: "Juer 258 | (IR31/1860)"
Lettered in black ink, along lower left border of oval image: "James Nixon Pinzit."; along lower right border of oval image: "F. Bartolozzi Sculpt"; lower center: "Ophelia. | There's rue for you, and here's some for me. | London, Publish'd April 8th, 1784 by W. Dickinson Engraver & Printseller No. 158 Bond Street."
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Credit Line
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Accession Number
B1978.43.696
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Classification
Prints
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Collection
Prints and Drawings
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Subject Terms
basket | bow (costume accessory) | costume | crying | flowers (plants) | Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare | leaves | literary theme | love | oval | play | portrait | sadness | sorrow | tear | theater (discipline) | tragedy | woman
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Associated People
Ophelia (character in Hamlet) | Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Access
Accessible in the Study Room [Request]
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