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.
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