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George Fennell Robson, 1788–1833, British, Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath, ca. 1830
- Title:
Macbeth and Banquo on the Heath
- Additional Title(s):
Macbeth and Banquo Approaching the Three Witches
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1830
- Medium:
- Watercolor with gouache and scraping over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 7 1/2 × 10 3/8 inches (19 × 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in graphite,lower right: "G. F. ROBSON: MACBETH & BANQUO"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1976.1.58
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- armed forces | army | battlefield | beards | clouds | crows (birds) | dresses | flags | gallows | generals | heath | hills | landscape | lightning | literary theme | Macbeth, Act I, Scene III | men | meteorology | night | plays by William Shakespeare | road | rocks (landforms) | scarves | science | snake | spears | staffs (staff weapon components) | storm | tree | troops | walking | waving | women
- Associated Places:
- Forres | Scotland | United Kingdom
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Banquo (character in Macbeth)
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:13155
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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. 102, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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