Hamlet and Horatio in the Graveyard, 1827–28, Brush and brown wash with watercolor over graphite on heavy watercolor paper, 13 9/16 x 7 15/16 in. (34.4 x 20.1 cm), Drawings, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), A highly literate artist, Delacroix was often drawn to the works of William Shakespeare. This scene from Hamlet, for example, appears and reappears in the artist’s drawings, prints, and paintings. It describes the tragicomic encounter between Hamlet and the gravediggers in Act V
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Hamlet, Horatio, Graveyard, 1827–28, Brush, brown wash, watercolor, graphite, heavy watercolor paper, 13 9/16 x 7 15/16, 34.4 20.1 cm, Drawings, Eugène Delacroix, French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice, 1798–1863, Paris, highly, literate, artist, Delacroix, drawn, works, William Shakespeare, scene, example, reappears, drawings, prints, paintings, describes, tragicomic encounter, gravediggers, Act V
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