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"Few suspected the origin of Shakespeare's great line."

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Item

Date:

n.d.

Reference:

R4364

Type of material:

Art

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Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3008166

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Graham Harrop fonds

"Few suspected the origin of Shakespeare's great line."
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Date(s):

n.d.

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 drawing / dessin : black felt pen on wove paper
Support 25.200 x 30.300 cm
Image 7.900 x 22.900 cm

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Shakespeare points to, and requests his desired rub at the pharmacy. Thus the word is more literal than how it has previously been interpreted., Two separate cartoons of different dates, share the same page., Sequential numbers opposite each record are for registration only.

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Artist: Harrop, Graham, 1944-

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Published in the Globe and Mail.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Inscribed. Signed. Dated., Inscription: in ink, recto u.l.: AYE! / THERE'S THE / RUB!; u.r.: PHARMACY; l.l.: harrop 12-5; l.r.: FEW SUSPECTED THE / ORIGIN OF / SHAKESPEARE'S / GREAT LINE. (Complete Transcription)
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cartoon / dessin humoristique

Shakespeare // pharmacy // Hamlet
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Private

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00099
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]
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Item no. assigned by LAC [R4364]

[Consultation 90 Open]

99 Item no. assigned by LAC 99b

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Credit: Library and Archives Canada, Acc. No. R4364-99:B
Copyright: Graham Harrop

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