Hamlet in Scotland

Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm), Plate: 8 13/16 x 6 5/16 inches (22.4 x 16 cm), Image: 7 5/8 x 6 5/16 inches (19.3 x 16 cm), Inscribed in graphite, on front, upper left: "10/6"; upper right: "12"; lower center: "Schar[..]y | Sp B vol ?"; lower right: "Stephenson Kemble"; on back, upper left: "Kemble | £2/2/ | One for | Brown for"; lower left: "13", Lettered, lower left: "Drawn & Etchd by R Dighton"; lower center: "HAMLET in SCOTLAND. | A LARGE manager in a GREAT CHARACTER. | ------that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made | men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity so abominably. | Pubd Decr Cth 1794"; lower right: "12 Charing Cross"
Accession number: B1976.1.132
Medium: Etching and stipple engraving, hand-colored on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions: Sheet: 11 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches (28.6 x 23.8 cm)|Plate: 8 13/16 x 6 5/16 inches (22.4 x 16 cm)|Image: 7 5/8 x 6 5/16 inches (19.3 x 16 cm)
Inscriptions: Inscribed in graphite, on front, upper left: "106"; upper right: "12"; lower center: "Schar[..]y | Sp B vol ?"; lower right: "Stephenson Kemble"; on back, upper left: "Kemble | £22/ | One for | Brown for"; lower left: "13"|Lettered, lower left: "Drawn & Etchd by R Dighton"; lower center: "HAMLET in SCOTLAND. | A LARGE manager in a GREAT CHARACTER. | ------that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made | men, and not made them well; they imitated humanity so abominably. | Pubd Decr Cth 1794"; lower right: "12 Charing Cross"
Collection: Prints and Drawings