Hamlet fait jouer aux comédiens la scène de l'empoisonnement de son père (Act.III Sc.II) (Hamlet makes the actors play the scene of his father's poisoning), Eugène Delacroix, 1835

In the centre, hamlet is seated on a cushion on the floor, his arm resting on ophelia's lap, and looks back at claudius and gertrude who are seated next to ophelia and watch in discomfiture the play performed on a stage in the background; horatio, in the foreground to right, observes claudius's reaction to the drama, which was suggested by hamlet to the actors beforehand and tells of his father's murder. 1835. Impression from the 1864 edition lithograph. Date: 1835. Dimensions: Height: 251 mm (image); Height: 357 mm (sheet); Width: 325 mm (image); Width: 545 mm (sheet). Medium: paper. Depicted People: William Shakespeare. Collection: British Museum. Print (BM 1911,0412.170)