Hamlet in Scotland by Robert Dighton (1794)

Hand-coloured caricature print of a stout man in a grey wig and black coat with blue sash, posed with arms outstretched.

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A hand-coloured etching titled Hamlet in Scotland by Robert Dighton, published in 1794. It shows a stout man in a powdered grey wig, black coat with lace cuffs, a blue sash and a star-shaped order badge, striking an exaggerated theatrical pose with arms outstretched on a brown stage floor. Printed text beneath the image reads Hamlet in Scotland, A Large manager in a Great Character, followed by a satirical couplet about nature's journeymen imitating humanity abominably.

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1794

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