Title

Hamlet's Grave, Elsinore, 1856. Creator: Unknown.

Caption

Hamlet's Grave, Elsinore, [Denmark], 1856. 'A short distance north-west of Elsineur is the small Royal chateau of Marienlist. The pleasure-grounds behind the chateau are open to the public. They occupy the site of an old fortification on the crest of the hill. Nothing can be more lovely than the views from hence, as seen beneath the luxuriant shade of the fine trees...Hamlet's grave is marked by a single stone obelisk, evidently of very early date; it is surrounded by tables and chairs, where citizens from Copenhagen consume beer and coffee, and defile with their heeltaps the sepulchre of a King'. From "Illustrated London News", 1856.

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Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM23A57_017

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26,7Mb (3,0Mb) / 12,6in x 8,2in / 3779 x 2469 (300dpi)

Keywords

travel nature tree architecture garden plant plants arts Denmark British color death tomb mausoleum obelisk century cemetery grave graves graveyard burial Britain newspapers press literature concept frederiksborg B&W tourist attraction engraved engraving hamlet Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century trees tourism The Print Collector Illustrated London News TGN ILN Elsinore newspaper Unknown Helsingor William Shakespeare Shakespeare William Helsing°r Shakspeare 19th-century