Hamlet Attempts to Kill the King
Object type: Print
Department: Drawings and Prints
Portfolio: Hamlet, Treize Sujets Dessinés par Eug. Delacroix [Hamlet, Thirteen Subjects Drawn by Eug. Delacroix], Gihaut Frères, Paris, 1843
Artist: Eugène Delacroix|William Shakespeare|Villain
Artist bio: French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon|French, active 1819–53
Artist role: Artist|Subject|Lithographer
Artist nationality: French|British|French
Date: 1834–43
Medium: Lithograph; first state of three
Dimensions: Image: 10 3/8 x 7 1/16 in. (26.3 x 17.9 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in. (29.9 x 21 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Kings|Men|Hamlet|Shakespeare