Hamlet's quotes and paintings This year marks the 400th anniversary since Shakespeare’s death, on April 23rd.

2. The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of
Denmark, often shortened
to Hamlet, is a tragedy written
by William Shakespeare (1564-
1616) at an uncertain date between
1599 and 1602. Set in the Kingdom
of Denmark, the play dramatizes the
revenge Prince Hamlet is called to
wreak upon his uncle, Claudius, by
the ghost of Hamlet's father, King
Hamlet. Claudius had murdered his own brother and seized the throne, also marrying his
deceased brother's widow.
Hamlet is Shakespeare's longest play, and is ranked among the most powerful and influential
tragedies in English literature, with a story capable of "seemingly endless retelling and
adaptation by others“. The play likely was one of Shakespeare's most popular works during his
lifetime, and still ranks among his most performed.

3. Hamletand HisMotherSeeingHisFather'sGhost
NicolaiAbrahamAbildgaard (1743–1809)

4. Ophelia(1888)
by Marcus Stone (1840-1921)

5. Hamletby BenjaminWest,1792

6. The PlayScenein Hamlet
by DanielMaclise (1806-70)

7. The YoungLordHamletby PhilipH. Calderon

8. Ophelia by James Sant

9. The PlayScenein Hamletby CharlesHunt

10. Ophelia(1889).
JohnWilliamGodward(English, 1861-1922).

11. Hamletand Opheliaby AgnesPringle

12. Ophelia(1880).
Anna Lea Merritt (American, 1844-1930).

13. Hamletand the Gravediggers,
by Pascal Dagnan-Bouveret.

14. Ophelia1870.
Pierre Auguste Cot(1837-1883)

15. Hamletand Horatio
In the Graveyard
by Eugene Delacroix.

16. Ophelia,1889by JohnWilliamWaterhouse

17. Hamletbefore thebodyof Polonius
by Eugene Delacroix.

18. Opheliaby John Everett Millais

19. The PlayScenein Hamlet byDaniel Maclise

20. Ophelia(1860)by Joseph Severn(English,1793-1879).

21. Ophelia(1864).
ThomasFrancis Dicksee (English,1819-1895)