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Harrison, Gabriel. Edwin Forrest as Hamlet

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Creator
Harrison, Gabriel, 1818-1902
Date
1866
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Image
Extent
1 painting on photographic print

Language
English
Size
494 x 389 mm
Genre
Art
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Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 255242
Folger call number: ART Box H319 no.1
Folger holdings ID: 336064
Accession Number: cs619
Notes
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

Also known as
Extended title: Edwin Forrest as Hamlet Gabriel Harrison
Subjects
Forrest, Edwin, 1806-1872 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Hamlet Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Hamlet (Legendary character) Actors
Related names
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

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