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McKean Buchanan as Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Hamlet

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Title
McKean Buchanan as Hamlet in "Hamlet"
Play
Hamlet
Role
Hamlet
Subject
  • Theater  
  • Actors  
  • Buchanan, McKean, 1823-1872  
Dimensions
7 x 10 1/2 in.
Technique
Etched daguerreotype process  
Creator
  • Brinkerhoff & Co.  
  • Sherratt, T.  
Publisher
London Printing & Publishing Co.  
Description
Whole-length. Wearing tunic, cape over left shoulder. With text: "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them?" Act III, Scene 1. From a daguerreotype by Brinkerhoff & Co.
Rights
No Copyright - United States
ID Number
B918h-02
Physical Collection
University of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection
Collection Title
Portraits of Actors, 1720-1920
Collection
Portraits of Actors
TitleMcKean Buchanan as Hamlet in "Hamlet"
PlayHamlet
RoleHamlet
Subject
  • Theater  
  • Actors  
  • Buchanan, McKean, 1823-1872  
Dimensions7 x 10 1/2 in.
TechniqueEtched daguerreotype process  
Creator
  • Brinkerhoff & Co.  
  • Sherratt, T.  
PublisherLondon Printing & Publishing Co.  
DescriptionWhole-length. Wearing tunic, cape over left shoulder. With text: "To be, or not to be, that is the question: Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune or take arms against a sea of troubles and by opposing end them?" Act III, Scene 1. From a daguerreotype by Brinkerhoff & Co.
RightsNo Copyright - United States
ID NumberB918h-02
Physical CollectionUniversity of Illinois Theatrical Print Collection
Collection TitlePortraits of Actors, 1720-1920
CollectionPortraits of Actors

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