Polonius and Hamlet
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|Villain|William Shakespeare
Artist bio: French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris|French, active 1819–53|British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon
Artist role: Artist|Lithographer|Subject
Artist nationality: French|French|British
Date: 1834–43
Medium: Lithograph; second state of four
Dimensions: Image: 9 3/4 x 7 3/16 in. (24.8 x 18.2 cm)
Sheet: 11 1/8 x 8 1/16 in. (28.2 x 20.4 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1922
Accession year: 1922
Tags: Shakespeare|Princes|Men|Hamlet