Hamlet

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Novelist and playwright Paul Meurice purchased the "Hamlet" lithographic stones at Delacroix’s 1864 estate sale. He then arranged for the publication of a second edition of two hundred copies, which included three designs that had been omitted in 1843. In this scene, Ophelia’s brother, Laertes, blames Hamlet for her death, and the two men fight by her gravesite. The wide-eyed expressions of the gathered crowd, crowned by Horatio with his arms flung wide, serve to heighten the emotion of the struggle between the protagonists.

Hamlet, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Book with suite of 17 lithographs: 16 by Delacroix (second, third, and fourth states) and one by Jules Letoula, signed in graphite. Pen and brown ink letter on wove paper.

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Hamlet, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Book with suite of 17 lithographs: 16 by Delacroix (second, third, and fourth states) and one by Jules Letoula, signed in graphite. Pen and brown ink letter on wove paper.
Hamlet, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Book with suite of 17 lithographs: 16 by Delacroix (second, third, and fourth states) and one by Jules Letoula, signed in graphite. Pen and brown ink letter on wove paper.
Hamlet, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Book with suite of 17 lithographs: 16 by Delacroix (second, third, and fourth states) and one by Jules Letoula, signed in graphite. Pen and brown ink letter on wove paper.

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