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Cruikshank, George, 1792–1878
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Diston, Alfred, active 1818–1829
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1961
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Period
19th century
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graphite
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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brown ink
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figure study
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costume
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Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV
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armor
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basket
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battle
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bushes
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cape
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castle
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cuffs (costume components)
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dragon
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fighting
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figure study
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genre subject
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gesture
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ghost
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gloves
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helmet
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loincloth
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merchant
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Europe
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Denmark
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Elsinore
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Frederiksborg
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Kronborg Castle
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Spain
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Tenerife
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Associated People
Ghost of Hamlet's Father
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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George Cruikshank, 1792–1878
Hamlet and the Ghost
ca. 1825
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Alfred Diston, active 1818–1829
Huckster of Port Orotava, Tenerife
ca. 1825