Hamlet veut suivre l'ombre de son père (Hamlet Tries to Follow the Ghost of his Father), Act I, Scene IV, from the Hamlet portfolio
Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798 - 1863
1835
Lithograph on paper
80; 1st edition
Sheet: 10 1/4 × 8 1/8 in. (26 × 20.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Julia L. Whittier Fund
PR.951.84C
Publisher
Gihaut Frères, Paris
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Research Area
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated, in stone, lower left : Eug. Delacroix 1835; printed below image: Mon destin me crie de le suivre...lachez moi, Messieurs, ou par le Ciel, je ferai un fantome du premier qui m'arretera; lower right: Lith. de Villain
Exhibition History
Artistic Narrative: Delacroix and Redon, Lower Jewett Corridor, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 24-November 4, 1984.
French Art in the Age of George Sand; Prints from the Collection of the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Chapel Art Center, Saint Anselm College, Manchester, New Hampshire, January 27-February 24, 1994.
Provenance
Charles D. Childs, Boston, Massachusetts; sold to present collection, 1951.
Catalogue Raisonne
Delteil 104, Robaut 578
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