Der Kronenräuber (Claudio Murders His Brother, King Hamlet, By Pouring Poison into His Ear as He Lies Sleeping in the Garden, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5: 58-78)
Artwork Details
- Title: Der Kronenräuber (Claudio Murders His Brother, King Hamlet, By Pouring Poison into His Ear as He Lies Sleeping in the Garden, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 5: 58-78)
- Series/Portfolio: Heinrich Fuessli's Sämmtliche Werke, 1807, part I, no. 8
- Engraver: Johann Heinrich Lips (Swiss, Kloten 1758–1817 Zurich)
- Artist: After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
- Subject: William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
- Date: 1806
- Medium: Outline engraving and etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 9 13/16 × 12 5/8 in. (25 × 32 cm)
Sheet: 13 9/16 × 19 1/8 in. (34.4 × 48.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: Gift of Jenny Philippsohn, in memory of Siegfried Philippsohn, 1955
- Object Number: 55.526.6
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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