Hamlet
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Hamlet is a 1850 by Unknown, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows Hamlet with his mother, Gertrude. She sits in a chair. He stands, pointing at a ghostly figure behind an arras. The ghost is just a shape—no face or body—but Hamlet reacts like it’s real. The engraving copies a painting by James Northcote, a British artist who loved Shakespeare. Look for prints by Northcote at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
An engraving titled *Hamlet: Act 3, Scene 4*, produced in London in 1850, is part of the Harry Beard Collection. The print depicts a scene from Shakespeare’s play, rendered through the intaglio process of engraving.
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