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Prince Hamlet

John Philip Kemble as Hamlet
Image credit: Tate

John Philip Kemble as Hamlet 1801

Thomas Lawrence (1769–1830)

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Character from Shakespeare's 'Hamlet'

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Artworks of Hamlet, Prince

  • Charles Kean (1811–1868), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
    Charles Kean (1811–1868), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare William Daniels (1813–1880)
    Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Charles Kean (1811–1868), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
    Charles Kean (1811–1868), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare Samuel John Stump (1778–1863)
    Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Charles Mayne Young (1777–1856), as Hamlet and Mary Glover as Ophelia in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
    Charles Mayne Young (1777–1856), as Hamlet and Mary Glover as Ophelia in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare George Clint (1770–1854)
    Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Children Acting the ‘Play Scene’, from ‘Hamlet’, Act II, Scene II
    Children Acting the ‘Play Scene’, from ‘Hamlet’, Act II, Scene II Charles Hunt Senior (1803–1877)
    Yale Center for British Art
  • Edward Compton (1854–1918), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
    Edward Compton (1854–1918), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare unknown artist
    Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare
    Edward Gordon Craig (1872–1966), as Hamlet in 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare William Rothenstein (1872–1945)
    Victoria and Albert Museum
  • Edwin Booth (1833–1893), as Hamlet
    Edwin Booth (1833–1893), as Hamlet Oliver Ingraham Lay (1845–1890)
    Royal Shakespeare Theatre
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  • A Scene from William Shakespeare's 'A Comedy of Errors'
    Theatre

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