Hamlet and the Corpse of Polonius (Hamlet et le Cadavre de Polonius), from the Hamlet series
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Hamlet and the Corpse of Polonius (Hamlet et le Cadavre de Polonius), from the Hamlet series
Artwork Details
Artist/Maker
Eugène Delacroix
French, 1798–1863
French, 1798–1863
Date
1835, printed 1843–1864
Medium
Black and white lithograph on wove paper
Accession #
73.46
Dimensions
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Location
Currently Not on View
Description
Hamlet realizes he has killed the hapless Polonius rather than the king. Contemplating the corpse, he sums up the situation carelessly with the words, “Indeed, this counsellor is now most still, most secret, and most grave, who was in life a foolish prating knave.”
Credit
Purchase in honor of Mrs. Robert Wells, President 1972-1973 of the Members GuildCheck This Out
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