- Title:
- Hamlet and the Ghost
- Part Of:
Collective Title: The Tragical History of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
- Date:
- ca. 1825
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with black ink and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 7/8 x 8 5/16 inches (17.4 x 21.1 cm), Image: 5 3/8 x 6 3/4 inches (13.7 x 17.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in black ink, within image, upper left: "Cock a doodle doo"; in graphite, upper center: "1807(?)"; lower left: "JCR(?)"; lower center: "Hamlet _ and the Ghost | a popular song"; on back, upper center: "1810"; on back, upper right: "2. deep(?) | [2 squares]; in black ink, on back, upper right: "11 x 13"; on back, center left, written sideways: "20 (encircled) | 01Ø (underlined)"; on back, center right: "2 (encircled) | 1840 | 1030 | 4 (encircled)"; on back, lower left: "Starter(?) from | Autograph di | Art[...]"; on back, lower right: "LE(?)/V | 9610 (underlined)"
embossed stamp, upper left, within circle, crown in center: "BRISTOL | PATENT"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.36
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | battle | bushes | cape | castle | costume | cuffs (costume components) | dragon | fighting | gesture | ghost | gloves | Hamlet, Act I, Scene IV | helmet | literary theme | loincloth | plays by William Shakespeare | rooster | ruff | sashes (costume accessories) | smoke | spurs (accessories worn)
- Associated Places:
- Denmark | Elsinore | Europe | Frederiksborg | Kronborg Castle
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
Ghost of Hamlet's Father - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8581
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 15, 116, no. 41, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]