Theatrical Scene

Image credit: Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre

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The so-called 'Chamber scene' in which, though unseen by Queen Gertrude, the ghost of Hamlet's father reappears after he has accidentally killed Polonius. The ghost is just visible in the doorway, far left, so the painting appears to illustrate Hamlet's lines: 'Why, look you there! look, how it steals away ... Look! where he goes, even now, out at the portal.'

Grimsby Fishing Heritage Centre

Grimsby

Title

Theatrical Scene

Date

early 19th C

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 97 x W 122 cm

Accession number

A.26

Work type

Painting

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