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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British, The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost.., ca. 1781
- Title:
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...
- Additional Title(s):
A Heath near Forres: 'Macbeth', Act I, Scene III
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1781
- Medium:
- Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm), Sheet: 13 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (33.7 × 28.6 cm), Mount: 13 3/8 × 11 5/16 inches (34 × 28.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen brown ink, lower center: "Though the Bark cannot be lost, | Yet it shall be tempest tost"; in graphite, lower right: "Macbeth"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1970
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- bark | boat | cave | cloaks | clouds | coast | flags | gesturing | literary theme | Macbeth, Act I, Scene III | magic | marine art | masts | meteorology | old | plays by William Shakespeare | pointing | rocks (landforms) | ropes | sails | science | sea | ship | shore (landform) | singing | skirts | storm | The Tragedy of Macbeth | witches | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9815
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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, p. 28, no. 75, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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