Caption:
Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost (Shakespeare, Hamlet, Act 1, Scene 4), September 29, 1796, Stipple engraving; published state, Image: 17 in. × 23 7/16 in. (43.2 × 59.5 cm), Prints, After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London), Fascinated by the supernatural, Fuseli found rich subjects in Shakespeare. He was a life-long devotee of the Bard, reading his works as a youth in Zurich, then devising an elaborate mural scheme devoted to admired plays while in Rome during the 1770s