Lot Essay
William Hamlet was a Bath silhouette artist, who for many years was known only by his work and his surname. A trade label was discovered on one of his works, which gave the Christian name, he had hitherto concealed, William 'Bill' Hamlet. Research has disclosed that there was not one 'Hamlet' but two, and from an authentic label reading '17 Union Passage, Bath, a father Son relationship was discovered.