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Hamlet and Ophelia

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

1869

Physical Description

Medium: ink on paper
Technique: engraving
Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 9 1/8 in. (image); 19 3/4 x 17 in. (paper)
Signature: monogram
Date on Image: 1869
Other production information determined from the object: Written in Rossetti's hand below print: Hamlet and Ophelia. “What should such fellows as I do, crawling between heaven and earth?” On the back is a note by Charles Eliot Norton: “From Rossetti, 1869. Name and motto written by him. C. E. Norton.”
Note: Monogram located at lower right.

Production Description

Production Date: 1869

Provenance

Current Location: Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C.
Catalog Number: Art File S528h1 No. 143

Scholarly Commentary

Introduction

Sir Seymour Hayden was the engraver for this print of DGR's Hamlet and Ophelia .

Hamlet and Ophelia
Copyright: ©Folger Shakespeare Library
Electronic Archive Edition: 1
File Name: sa826.s108.rap.xml