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Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British, The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching), between 1809 and 1811
- Title:
- The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Body (and Lady Macbeth Approaching)
- Part Of:
Collective Title: Studies of, 167 Drawings, and 1 Print, for Oil Paintings, by Benjamin R. Haydon
- Date:
- between 1809 and 1811
- Materials & Techniques:
- Black chalk, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper pasted on thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 3/8 × 5 1/16 inches (11.1 × 12.9 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.2655
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- attacking | bed | daggers | dead | drapery | figure study | guards | king (person) | literary theme | men | murder | plays by William Shakespeare | shadows | sleeping | stabbing | The Tragedy of Macbeth
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth)
King Duncan (character in The Tragedy of 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:28275
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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. 24, no. 63, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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