Claudius pouring poison into the king's ear as he is sleeping in the garden scene in Hamlet, Act I, Scene III / [graphic]

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Title: Claudius pouring poison into the king's ear as he is sleeping in the garden scene in Hamlet, Act I, Scene III / [graphic]
Published / Created: [1769]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title from caption below image.
Publication place and date inferred from those of the periodical for which this plate was engraved.
Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 2 (1769), p. 49.
Temporary local subject terms: Kew Gardens -- Furniture: garden bench -- Trees: palm tree -- Literature: allusion to Hamlet, I.3, by William Shakespeare.
Provenance: Suckling; May 1957.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 18.5 x 12.2 cm, on sheet 21 x 13 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1769
Etchings England London 1769
Periodical illustrations
Material: etching with stipple engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subjects: Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772 > Caricatures and cartoons
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1769
England > London > 1769

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