About the Artwork
Hamlet Contemplates the Dead Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV)
1835
Eugène Delacroix (Artist) French, 1798-1863 Villain (Printer) French, 1819-1822 Gihaut Frères (Publisher) French, active 1820-1850
Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper
Image (excluding letters): 10 × 7 inches (25.4 × 17.8 cm) Sheet: 16 1/4 × 10 7/8 inches (41.3 × 27.6 cm)
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Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund
67.266
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Signed on stone, lower right: Eug. Delacroix.
Inscribed, printed below image, center: Vraiment ce conseiller est maintenant bien silencieux, bien discret, bien grave, lui qui dans sa vie etait le drole le plus bavard de monde. Lower right: Lith. de Villain In pencil, center bottom margin: 5 [circled] Dated on stone, lower right: 1835
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1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Eugène Delacroix, Hamlet Contemplates the Dead Body of Polonius (Act III, Scene IV), 1835, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 67.266.
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