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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)

Engraver Johann Heinrich Lips Swiss
After Henry Fuseli Swiss
Subject William Shakespeare British

1806

Not on view

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), Johann Heinrich Lips (Swiss, Kloten 1758–1817 Zurich), Outline engraving and etching — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

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

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