Hamlet and the Corpse of Polonius
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: 1835
Medium: Lithograph; second state of four
Dimensions: Image: 10 1/16 x 6 15/16 in. (25.5 x 17.7 cm)
Sheet: 11 3/16 x 7 15/16 in. (28.4 x 20.1 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Hamlet|Shakespeare|Swords|Corpses|Men