Hamlet. Treize Sujets Dessinés par Eugène Delacroix
Delacroix, Eugène. Shakespeare, William
Paris. Chez Gihaut Frères. 1843
The complete suite of the first published edition on large paper.
From the first published edition with 13 original lithographs limited to 80 copies, with this one of 60 on French paper; 20 copies were also issued on Chine.
Delacroix originally composed 16 lithographs in order to illustrate Hamlet, the work gradually being completed between 1834 and 1843, but only 13 were issued with the first published edition. All of the prints presented here are with letters and the majority are with the printer’s imprint of Villain.
The prints in the set are as follows:
- 'La reine s'efforce de consoler Hamlet' (Robaut 577; Delteil 103);
- 'Hamlet veut suivre l'ombre de son père' (Robaut 578; Delteil 104);
- 'La fantôme sur une autre partie de la terrasse' (Robaut 579; Delteil 105);
- 'Polonius and Hamlet' (Robaut 580; Delteil 106);
- 'Hamlet fait jouer aux comediens la scène de l'empoisonnement de son père' (Robaut 583; Delteil; Delteil 109);
- 'Hamlet et Guildenstern' (Robaut 584; Delteil 108);
- 'Hamlet tente de tuer le roi' (Robaut 585; Delteil 110);
- 'Le meurtre de Polonius' (Robaut 586 - 587; Delteil 111);
- 'Hamlet et la reine' (Robaut 588; Delteil 112);
- 'Hamlet et le cadavre de Polonius' (Robaut 589; Delteil 113);
- 'Mort d'Ophélie' (Robaut 591 - 592; Delteil 115);
- 'Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs' (Robaut593 - 594; Delteil 116);
- 'Mort d'Hamlet' (Robaut 597; Delteil 118).
From the first published edition with 13 original lithographs limited to 80 copies, with this one of 60 on French paper; 20 copies were also issued on Chine.
Delacroix originally composed 16 lithographs in order to illustrate Hamlet, the work gradually being completed between 1834 and 1843, but only 13 were issued with the first published edition. All of the prints presented here are with letters and the majority are with the printer’s imprint of Villain.
The prints in the set are as follows:
- 'La reine s'efforce de consoler Hamlet' (Robaut 577; Delteil 103);
- 'Hamlet veut suivre l'ombre de son père' (Robaut 578; Delteil 104);
- 'La fantôme sur une autre partie de la terrasse' (Robaut 579; Delteil 105);
- 'Polonius and Hamlet' (Robaut 580; Delteil 106);
- 'Hamlet fait jouer aux comediens la scène de l'empoisonnement de son père' (Robaut 583; Delteil; Delteil 109);
- 'Hamlet et Guildenstern' (Robaut 584; Delteil 108);
- 'Hamlet tente de tuer le roi' (Robaut 585; Delteil 110);
- 'Le meurtre de Polonius' (Robaut 586 - 587; Delteil 111);
- 'Hamlet et la reine' (Robaut 588; Delteil 112);
- 'Hamlet et le cadavre de Polonius' (Robaut 589; Delteil 113);
- 'Mort d'Ophélie' (Robaut 591 - 592; Delteil 115);
- 'Hamlet et Horatio devant les fossoyeurs' (Robaut593 - 594; Delteil 116);
- 'Mort d'Hamlet' (Robaut 597; Delteil 118).
Folio. 13 original lithographs by Eugène Delacroix. Loose as issued, with the original front and rear wrappers, housed in modern box; wrappers torn, with tape repair; occasional foxing to some plates (mainly in the margins), damp-staining affecting the upper margin only of one plate, a small stain on the far right margin of another plate.
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