Eugène Delacroix

Hamlet et Horatio Devant les Fossoyeurs (Hamlet and Horatio Before the Gravediggers)

Maker

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), printmaker
François le Villain, printer

Title

Hamlet et Horatio Devant les Fossoyeurs (Hamlet and Horatio Before the Gravediggers)
, from Hamlet

Year

1843

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

lithograph

Supports

Dimensions

Plate: 28.9 x 21 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Lettered with artist's signature and date in image LL: "Eug. Delacroix 1843.". LC: "Ce crâne, Monsieur, ètait celui d'Yorick. le Bouffon du Roi. __ Hèl às! Pauvre Yorick!"; LR: "Lith. de Villain"
Verso: stamped with the collector's mark of Heinrich Schwarz (Lugt 1372)

Identification

State

ii/iii

Standard Reference Number

Delteil 1908, no. 116.ii

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth

Object Number

50.111

Type

Exhibition History

Helen M. Danforth
A Tribute
Jun 21, 1985 – Sep 08, 1985
The Illustrated Book
Oct 21, 1980 – Nov 23, 1980

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Tombstone

Eugène Delacroix (French, 1798-1863), printmaker
François le Villain, printer
Hamlet et Horatio Devant les Fossoyeurs (Hamlet and Horatio Before the Gravediggers); , from Hamlet, 1843
Lithograph
Plate: 28.9 x 21 cm (11 3/8 x 8 1/4 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Murray S. Danforth 50.111

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