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Print made by George Richmond, 1809–1896, British, The Fatal Bellman, 1827
- Title:
The Fatal Bellman
- Additional Title(s):
Subject from "Macbeth"
- Date:
- 1827
- Medium:
- Line engraving on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 13/16 x 5 3/8 inches (17.3 x 13.6 cm), Plate: 2 11/16 x 1 7/8 inches (6.9 x 4.7 cm), Image: 2 9/16 x 1 11/16 inches (6.5 x 4.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered upper center above image within plate marks: "It was the owl that shriek'd the fatal bell-man. MACBETH"; lettered lower center below image within plate marks: "G. Richmond Delt et Sculp | 1827."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1995.20
- Classification:
- Prints
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bell | castle | clock | clouds | death | figure study | hat | hills | landscape | light | literary theme | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | nude | owl | plume | sky | sword | trees
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4697
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