Edwin Forrest as Hamlet

Folger bibliographic ID: 255242
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Folger holdings ID: 336063

General notes

This unfinished painting uses a Mathew Brady photograph as the "underdrawing" rather than a sketch, with the painted area entirely surrounding the figure of Edwin Forrest. See Harrison's "Edwin Forrest as King Lear" (Folger ART Box H319 no.2) for a finished example, where the photograph is completely over-painted

Extended title: Edwin Forrest as Hamlet Gabriel Harrison

Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Hamlet (Legendary character) Actors

artist: Harrison, Gabriel, 1818-1902
depiction: Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Hamlet (Legendary character)
photographer: Brady, Mathew B., approximately 1823-1896