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Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902)
Hamlet and Gertrude 13 Jun 1869
Pen and ink with watercolour, green chalk and white heightening | 26.2 x 20.8 cm (whole object) | RCIN 928521
Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902)
Hamlet and Gertrude 13 Jun 1869
Nicholas Chevalier (1828-1902)
Hamlet and Gertrude 13 Jun 1869
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A watercolour of a scene from Hamlet (Act III, scene iv). The actors here are probably Walter Montgomery (as Hamlet) and Mrs Jones (as Gertrude). This is one of a series of drawings by Chevalier illustrating theatrical subjects mounted into an album owned by Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh. Many of these probably show Shakespeare plays attended by the duke in Sydney in 1869. The actors here are probably Walter Montgomery (as Hamlet) and Mrs Jones (as Gertrude). By the time Chevalier made this drawing, he was on board the Galatea, off Auckland, but probably based this drawing on earlier sketches.
Signed and dated: 'N. Chevalier./ 13/6/1869.'Provenance
Drawn for Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh and mounted in one of his scrapbooks
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink with watercolour, green chalk and white heightening
Measurements
26.2 x 20.8 cm (whole object)
Other number(s)
RL 28521
