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EUGENIO VELA (D. 1895). SPANISH ENGRAVER.. Performance of the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Penultimate scene of Act 5. It takes place in a room of the castle where a sword contest between Hamlet and Laertes has just been played out, wager promoted by Claudius, the King of Denmark. After the third round, Laertes wounds Hamlet, being at the same time wounded with his own poisoned sword. Laertes is shown leaning on a group of servants. Queen Gertrude had toasted Hamlet, drinking from a cup presented to her by a page containing a poisoned pearl placed by Claudius, with the intention of presenting it to Hamlet to drink a toast if he were victorious. Engraving by Vela after the painting 'Hamlet (last scene)', by Salvador Sánchez Barbudo Morales (1857-1917). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.

EUGENIO VELA (D. 1895). SPANISH ENGRAVER.. Performance of the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Penultimate scene of Act 5. It takes place in a room of the castle where a sword contest between Hamlet and Laertes has just been played out, wager promoted by Claudius, the King of Denmark. After the third round, Laertes wounds Hamlet, being at the same time wounded with his own poisoned sword. Laertes is shown leaning on a group of servants. Queen Gertrude had toasted Hamlet, drinking from a cup presented to her by a page containing a poisoned pearl placed by Claudius, with the intention of presenting it to Hamlet to drink a toast if he were victorious. Engraving by Vela after the painting 'Hamlet (last scene)', by Salvador Sánchez Barbudo Morales (1857-1917). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.
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Author: EUGENIO VELA (D. 1895). SPANISH ENGRAVER.
Caption: Performance of the play 'Hamlet' by William Shakespeare (1564-1616). Penultimate scene of Act 5. It takes place in a room of the castle where a sword contest between Hamlet and Laertes has just been played out, wager promoted by Claudius, the King of Denmark. After the third round, Laertes wounds Hamlet, being at the same time wounded with his own poisoned sword. Laertes is shown leaning on a group of servants. Queen Gertrude had toasted Hamlet, drinking from a cup presented to her by a page containing a poisoned pearl placed by Claudius, with the intention of presenting it to Hamlet to drink a toast if he were victorious. Engraving by Vela after the painting 'Hamlet (last scene)', by Salvador Sánchez Barbudo Morales (1857-1917). The Spanish and American Illustration (La Ilustración Española y Americana), 1884.
Personalities: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564-1616)
Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION
Credit: Album / Prisma
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Image size: 4961 × 2828 px | 40.1 MB
Print size: 42.0 × 23.9 cm | 1953.1 × 1113.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • 17 CENTURY • 17TH CENTURY • 17TH CENTURY. • 17TH • 17TH-CENTURY • ACT 5 • ARISTOCRACY • ARISTOCRAT • ARISTOCRATS • BET • BETTING OFFICE • BETTING • BEVERAGE • BEVERAGES • BRITAIN • BRITISH • CADRE • CANDLE • CASTILLO • CASTLE • CHARACTER • CHARACTERS • CHATEAU • CLAUDIO • CLAUDIUS • COMBAT • COMBATTIMENTO • COMPETITION • COMPETITION. • CONTEST • DANISH • DEAD • DEATH • DEATHS • DENMARK • DISPUTE • DRAMA • DRINK TOAST • DRINK • DRINKING • DUEL • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • ENGLISH LITERATURE • ENGLISH • ENGRAVED • ENGRAVING (ARTWORK) • ENGRAVING • ENGRAVING. • ENGRAVINGS • ETCHING • EUGENIO VELA (D. 1895). SPANISH ENGRAVER. • EUGENIO VELA • FICTIONAL CHARACTER • FIGHT • FIGHTING • FIGURE • FIGURES • FIGURINE • FURNITURE: THRONE • GAMBLE • GERTRUDE • GREAT BRITAIN • GREAT-BRITAIN • GRIEVING • HAMLET • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • HISTORY. • IMAGES • IN PAINTINGS • INGLES • INTERIORS: IN PAINTINGS • INTOXICATION • KING CLAUDIUS • KING • LAERTE • LETTERS • LITERATURA • LITERATURE • MARINER • MONARCH • MONARCHY • MUSIC HALL • NOBILITY • NOBLE • NOBLEMAN • NOBLES • NOBLESSE • PAINT • PAINTING (ACTIVITY) • PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PERSONAJE • PERSONALITY • PICTURE • PICTURES • PIECE • POISON • POISONED • POISONING • POISONOUS • PRINCE HAMLET • PRINT • PRIVATE COLLECTION • QUARREL • QUEEN • QUEENS • RAMPART • ROW • ROYALS • RUSK • S. XVII • SABER • SABLE • SABRE • SALVADOR SANCHEZ BARBUDO • SANCHEZ BARBUDO • SCENE • SEVENTEENTH CENTURY • SHAKESPEARE, WILLIAM • SIXTEENTH CENTURY • STAGE • STATUETTE • STRONGHOLD • SWORD CONTEST • SWORD • SWORDS • THEATER • THEATRE • THEATRICAL CHARACTER • THRONE • TOAST (DRINK) • TOAST (DRINKING) • TOAST • TRAGEDY OF HAMLET • TRAGEDY OF HAMLET, THE • TRAGEDY • U. K. • UK • UNITED KINGDOM • VELA • VENOM • VENOMOUS • WAGER • WALL • WRITER • XVI CENTURY • XVI • XVII CENTURY • XVII • ZWIEBACK