Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4), 1784, Etching and stipple engraving, printed in brown ink; fourth state of four, oval image: 4 1/2 x 3 5/8 in. (11.4 x 9.2 cm), Prints, After James Nixon (British, ca. 1741–1812), Ophelia appears in act 4 of Shakespeare's play, her mind unhinged by her father's murder. Singing nonsense rhymes, she distributes herbs to the king, queen and her brother then, soon afterward, slips into a stream while picking flowers, and drowns
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Ophelia, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, 1784, Etching, stipple engraving, printed, brown ink, fourth state, four, oval image, 4 1/2 x 3 5/8, 11.4 9.2 cm, Prints, After James Nixon, British, ca., 1741–1812, act, play, mind unhinged, father, murder, Singing nonsense rhymes, distributes herbs, king, queen, brother, soon afterward, slips, stream, picking flowers, drowns
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