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- Title:
Macbeth and the Witches
- Additional Title(s):
A Cavern. In the Middle, a Boiling Cauldron: 'Macbeth', Act IV, Scene I
- Part Of:
- Date:
- between 1777 and 1778
- Medium:
- Pen and brown ink, brown wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 3/4 x 16 1/4 inches (32.4 x 41.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower right: "149"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center left: "37"; inscribed on verso, lower right: "NORTHCOTE, J. | MACBETH AND THE WITCHES"
Watermark: lion "Pro Patria"; crown "GR" (similar to Heawood 3700; similar to Heawood 3702)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.15.2
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bones | capes | cauldron | cave | figure study | gesturing | literary theme | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | magic | man | owls | plays by William Shakespeare | pointing | skeletons | skulls | spear | witches | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:11285
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