| Ophelia Weaving Her Garlands | |
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| Artist | Richard Redgrave |
| Year | 1842 |
| Type | Oil on panel, history painting |
| Dimensions | 76.2 cm× 63.5 cm(30.0 in× 25.0 in) |
| Location | Victoria and Albert Museum, London |
Ophelia Weaving Her Garlands is an 1842 oil painting by the British artist Richard Redgrave. It shows Ophelia from William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet . [1] [2] Depicted as madness has overcome her, she is shown creating a garland. The painting includes over thirty different types of flower. [3]
The painting was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1842 at the National Gallery, where it was hung near Daniel Maclise's The Play Scene in Hamlet . [4] Today the work is in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum in South Kensington, having been gifted by John Sheepshanks in 1857. [5]
