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- Title:
Children Acting the 'Play Scene' from "Hamlet," Act II, Scene ii
- Former Title(s):
Children Acting the Play Scene, 'Hamlet,' II, ii [1985, Cormack, YCBA Concise Catalogue]
"The play's the thing, Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king." -- Hamlet, act ii. sc. 2. [1863, Royal Academy of Arts, London, exhibition catalogue]
- Date:
- 1863
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 18 x 26 inches (45.7 x 66 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed and dated in brown paint, lower right: "C. Hunt | 1863"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.5.2
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1975.5.2FR
- Subject Terms:
- actors | audience | bottle | boys | chairs | children | costume | curtains | flute | games | gesture | girls | glove | guards (security) | Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare | interior | king (person) | literary theme | lovers | man | music | musical instruments | observers | parents | play | queen (person) | theater (discipline) | toys | violin | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Hamlet
Ophelia (character in Hamlet) - Access:
- Not on view
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:213
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