Hollywood: The Talkies - science: Alas! poor posterity, can you ever forgive me - I've gone and made the Hamlet eternal.
Primary Artist
Will Dyson (1880–1938)
Title
Source
Hollywood
Date made
1927 – c.1929
Place made
North & Central America, United States of America, New York, New York View on map Close map
Category
Print type
intaglio
Technique
etching, printed in black ink, from one plate
Matrix size
19.0 x 25.3 cm (plate-mark)
Support
paper
Support size
26.1 x 25.3 cm (sheet)
Subject description
Satirical scene of woman personifying science swooning to the sound of a mediocre Hollywood actor as he records the part of Hamlet into a microphone for a sound picture.
Collection
National Gallery of Australia
IRN
31412
Accession number
77.44
Accession method
Purchase
Meeting
Meeting 12, 1977/78 (1977-08-09)
Provenance
Purchased by the Australian National Gallery, from John Brackenreg, Artarmon Galleries, Sydney, 1977.
Credit line
Purchased 1977
Country of context
Australia
Creators
Dyson, Will. | (1880–1938) Australian | Male | artist
Last Updated
04 Jan 2013