400 characters of context from Alan R. Young, Visual Representations of Hamlet, 1709-1900

illustrations of Hamlet with
sword in hand. Many of these are portraits of specific actors, and
frequently no other character is visible. Most hold their swords
pointed to the ground (e.g. Edmund Kean, Charles Kemble, Joseph Burke,
and Alice Marriott). A slight variation of this is a photographic
portrait of Johnston Forbes Robertson with sword raised only as far as
the level of h