Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7), After Sir John Everett Millais, March 1, 1866

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Ophelia (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 4, Scene 7), March 1, 1866, Mezzotint, etching and stipple on chine collé; proof, Image: 20 11/16 in. × 34 in. ( × cm), Prints, After Sir John Everett Millais (British, Southampton 1829–1896 London), Here, Hamlet’s rejected lover, her mind unhinged, has fallen into a brook while picking wildflowers. Inspired by an evocative description of Ophelia’s death in Shakespeare’s Hamlet (act 4, scene 7), Millais painted the subject for a London Royal Academy exhibition in 1852; this masterful print reproduces that composition

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Size: 5535px × 3688px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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