Prints: P1321

Title

Mr Phelps and Miss Glyn

Technique

Engraving

Subject

Phelps, Samuel
Glyn, Isabella

Character

Hamlet : Hamlet
Gertrude : Hamlet

Artist

Paine, William [ Copy after ]

Dimensions

height: 26.9cm
width: 16.2cm

Inscription/signature

"MR. PHELPS & MISS GLYN. / HAMLET. Confess yourself to heaven;/ Repent what's past; avoid what is to come;/ QUEEN. O, Hamlet! thou hast cleft my heart in twain./ ACT 3, SCENE 4./ From a Daguerreotype by Paine of Islington./ THE LONDON PRINTING AND PUBLISHING COMPANY

Provenance

Presented by Mr Michael Gaunt, March 2023.

Other number

E0136

Print depicting Samuel Phelps as Hamlet and Isabella Glyn as Gertrude in Act 3 and Scene 4 from Shakespeare's play 'Hamlet'. Engraving from a Daguerreotype by William Paine of Islington and printed by the London printing and publishing company.