John Philip Kemble as Hamlet in <i>Hamlet</i> by William Shakespeare

1801

Portrait of John Philip Kemble as Hamlet, full length. He wears black pseudo-Elizabethan dress with a black cloak lined in red. His hands are by his sides, the left hand holding a skull. He looks heavenwards. A sword lies on the ground at his feet. He is standing outdoors at night and in the background, left, a full moon rises above battlements.