Ghost Hamlet [graphic].

Description

Title: Ghost Hamlet [graphic].
Published / Created: [14 August 1782]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd 14 Augt. 1782, by W. Stewart, New Bond Street
Abstract: A caricature of the scene in Act I of Hamlet, the aged ghost in armor on the left, confronting a dissipated looking Hamlet dressed in black who stands between two terrified soldiers who wear British military uniforms
Description: Title from item.
Twenty-eight underscores separate the two words in the title.
Probable a reissue of a 1779 print; traces remaining of a different title.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.9 x 138 cm, on sheet 19 x 27 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1782
Etchings England London 1782
Material: etching ; and hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
Subject (Topic): Ghosts
Military uniforms
British
Subjects: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Ghosts
Military uniforms > British > 18th century
England > 1782
England > London > 1782

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