February 24, 2022 10:00 EST
The Gilded Age
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A verre églomisé Painting Depicting a Scene from Hamlet
after Henry Fuseli, early 19th century
The scene after an engraving by Robert Thew (British, 1758–1802), after the original painting by Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825), reproduced for John Boydell's collection of Shakespeare prints (first published 1796), depicting Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost in Act I, Scene IV of Hamlet, presented in a giltwood frame.
H: 22 3/4, W: 28 1/2 in. (frame); H: 19 3/4, W: 25 1/2 in. (sight)
Provenance
Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, purchased in 1998.
Skinner, Boston, October 6, 2012, lot 533.
Property from a private American collection.
Thence by descent.
Sold for $5,040
Estimated at $3,000 - $5,000
The scene after an engraving by Robert Thew (British, 1758–1802), after the original painting by Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825), reproduced for John Boydell's collection of Shakespeare prints (first published 1796), depicting Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus, and the Ghost in Act I, Scene IV of Hamlet, presented in a giltwood frame.
Provenance
Chinese Porcelain Company, New York, purchased in 1998.
Skinner, Boston, October 6, 2012, lot 533.
Property from a private American collection.
Thence by descent.
