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Brandard, Robert, 1805–1862
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Cattermole, George, 1800–1868
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Dadd, Richard, 1817–1886
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Campbell's Poetical Works
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19th century
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canvas
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line engraving
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oil paint
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painting (technique)
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102
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86
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intaglio print
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painting
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Hamlet, play by William Shakespeare
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fear
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hands
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stool
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Gertrude (character in Hamlet)
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Richard Dadd, 1817–1886
Hamlet and his Mother; The Closet Scene
1846
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Robert Brandard, 1805–1862
The Drowning Slave
1846