Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7), March 1, 1866, Mezzotint, etching and stipple on chine collé; proof, Image: 20 11/16 in. × 34 in. (52.5 × 86.3 cm), Prints, After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London), Here, Hamlet’s rejected lover, her mind unhinged, has fallen into a brook while picking wildflowers. Inspired by an evocative description of Ophelia’s death in Shakespeare’s Hamlet (act 4, scene 7), Millais painted the subject for a London Royal Academy exhibition in 1852; this masterful print reproduces that composition
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Ophelia, Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7, March 1, 1866, Mezzotint, etching, stipple, chine collé, proof, Image, 20 11/16, 34, 52.5, 86.3 cm, Prints, After Sir John Everett Millais, British, Southampton, 1829–1896, London, rejected lover, mind unhinged, fallen, brook, picking wildflowers, Inspired, evocative description, death, act, scene, Millais painted, subject, London Royal, Academy, exhibition, 1852, masterful print, reproduces, composition
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