Peltro W. Tomkins, 1760–1840, Britishafter Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)Published by Thomas Macklin, active 1779–1793, British
Title:
The Three Witches
Date:
1786
Materials & Techniques:
Stipple engraving and etching on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 1/2 × 10 3/16 inches (24.2 × 25.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "H. Fuseli pinxt."; lower center: "THE WITCHES. | ___ What are these | So wither'd, and so wild in their attire, | That look not like th'inhabitants o' th' earth, | And yet are on't? Live you or are you ought | That man may question? You seem to understand me | By each at once her choppy finger laying | Upon her skinny lips. | Shakespear _ Macbeth. | London Published Augt. 30th. 1786 by T. Macklin."; lower right: "P. W. Tomkins Sculpt. Pupil of F. Bartolozzi."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.206
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
skull | women | moth | pointing | witches | literary theme | hoods | profile (figure) | gesture | cloaks | capes (outerwear) | plays by William Shakespeare | Macbeth, Act I, Scene III
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)Painters and Engraving - The Reproductive Print from Hogarth to Wilkie (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-03-26 - 1980-06-22)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 19, 89, no. 49, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)