Original etching by George Woolliscroft Rhead after John Pettie's painting "Dost know this water-fly?", a scene from Hamlet: a self-important courtier in Elizabethan dress before two seated figures in the background. With the etched signatures of both, at left and right.
Original etching by George Woolliscroft Rhead after John Pettie's painting "Dost know this water-fly?", a scene from Hamlet: a self-important courtier in Elizabethan dress before two seated figures in the background. With the etched signatures of both, at left and right.
Medium: Etching on wove paper.
Artist / after: John Pettie (1839-1893).
Engraver: George Woolliscroft Rhead (1855-1920).
Date: 1887.
Dimensions: 13.6 x 9.4 in (34.5 x 23.8 cm).
Condition: Good; a foxing stain in the left margin.