CIRCLE OF RICHARD PARKES BONINGTON
Death of Polonius-Hamlet Act III Scene IV.
watercolour over pencil and gum arabic, unframed
25.4 x 19.5 cm (10 x 7 3/4 in)

The scene from Shakespeare's Hamlet depicts Polonius lying dead on the floor as the ghost of Hamlet's father appears to chide Hamlet again. His mother can not see the apparition and thinks her son is truly mad.