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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833, British, The Murder of Banquo, ca. 1830
- Title:
The Murder of Banquo
- Additional Title(s):
Macbeth Act III, Scene III
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Medium:
- Watercolor and gouache with pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 3/16 × 10 1/2 inches (18.2 × 26.7 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.907
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armor | boy | caps | castle | dagger | escape | father | fear | helmets | hills | killing | literary theme | Macbeth, Act III, Scene III | men | murder | plaid | plays by William Shakespeare | road | rocks (landforms) | running | son | sunset | swords | torch | trees | tunics | woods
- Associated Places:
- Great Britain | Scotland | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Banquo (character in Macbeth)
Fleance (character 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:12671
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 40, 118, no. 103, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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