Hamlet and the Corpse of Polonius — Eugène Delacroix|William Shakespeare|Villain | DiscoverArt

Eugène Delacroix|William Shakespeare|Villain

Hamlet and the Corpse of Polonius

1835

Lithograph; second state of four

25.5 × 17.7 cm (10 × 7 in)

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