William Powell as Hamlet encountering the Ghost [graphic] / Benjamin Wilson.
1768
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Title
William Powell as Hamlet encountering the Ghost [graphic] / Benjamin Wilson.
Created/published
ca. 1768-1769.
Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 49 1/2 x 45 5/8 in. (126.4 x 116 cm) + frame 53 x 56 in.
Material base
canvas
Note
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
(All citations are as by Zoffany, with Garrick as Hamlet): Fink 1959, p. 64; Highfill 1973-, vol. 6, p. 94 (no. 165), vol. 7, p. 191, and vol. 11, p. 143 (no. 5) (identity of Hamlet as Garrick questioned in vols. 7 and 11); Burnim 1984, p. 196 (repr.)
Provenance
Provenance: Collection of Sir Henry Irving.
Source of acquisition
Sir Henry Irving sale, Christie's, 16 December 1905, lot 103, $110, as "Hamlet and his Father's Ghost: David Garrick, in the Character of Hamlet" by Zoffany.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Amherst, Mead Art Building, Amherst College, "Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Macbeth" (no catalogue), 1951, as Zoffany's "Hamlet and the Ghost."
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 128
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPa88, before and after cleaning (June 2009)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library FPa88: "A ghost for Halloween", The Collation (31 October 2011)
Blog post about Folger Shakespeare Library FPa88: "A ghost for Halloween", The Collation (31 October 2011)
Genre/form
Portrait paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPa88
Folger-specific note
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