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La reine s'efforce de consoler Hamlet from series Hamlet, treize sujets dessinés
La reine s'efforce de consoler Hamlet from series Hamlet, treize sujets dessinés

La reine s'efforce de consoler Hamlet from series Hamlet, treize sujets dessinés

Artist (French, 1798 - 1863)
Titles
  • The Queen tries to console Hamlet
Date1834
Mediumlithograph
DimensionsSheet: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 in. (34.9 x 27 cm) Image: 10 x 7 3/4 in. (25.4 x 19.7 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Robert Getscher from the Getscher-Wilkinson Collection
CultureFrench
PortfolioHamlet, treize sujets dessinés
Catalogue raisonnéDelteil 103 ii/iii; Robaut 577
Object numberPC2014.14.91
ClassificationsPrint Collection
DescriptionAct I, scene II: Queen Gertrude encourages her son, Hamlet, to 'cast thy nighted color off' and stop mourning his dead father. Hamlet casts a sidelong glance at his uncle Claudius. Other figures behind them.

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