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Hamlet in Scotland

Hamlet in Scotland
1794

Medium
hand-coloured etching

Measurements
19.3 × 16.2 cm (image) 22.4 × 16.2 cm (plate) 28.8 × 20.1 cm irreg. (sheet)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1928

Gallery location
Not on display

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Artwork Details

Place/s of Execution
London, England

Catalogue/s Raisonné
BM Satires 8527

Printing/Publishing
published by Robert Dighton, London

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Drawn & Etchd (d in superscript) by R Dighton. printed in ink l.r.: 12 Charing Croſs
printed in ink l.c.: HAMLET in SCOTLAND. / A LARGE manager in a GREAT CHARACTER. / ----------that I have thought ſome of nature's journeymen had made / men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity ſo abominably. / Pubd (d in superscript) Decr (r in superscript) 6th (th in superscript) 1794.

Accession Number
1958.3.1-3

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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