Drawings for an edition of Hamlet by William Shakespeare, published by Selwyn and Blount, London, 1922. Numbers 42-57 each have 5 small drawings mounted on one backing. Many drawings are signed "John Austen", some "J.A." Drawings vary widely in size
Collection includes designs for decorative marginalia, full or half-page illustrations of characters or scenes from the play, illustrated title pages for individual acts and scenes, and four different main title page designs
Purchased through Maggs, in communication with the artist, February 1923
Also known as
Extended title: Hamlet [a set of 121 original drawings] John Austen
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