Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Title:
The Murder of Duncan - Macbeth with the Daggers
Date:
between 1809 and 1811
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, black chalk and white chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 11/16 × 8 5/8 inches (14.4 × 21.9 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.2653
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | sleeping | bed | attacking | figure study | literary theme | guards | shadows | daggers | king (person) | drapery | murder | plays by William Shakespeare | The Tragedy of Macbeth
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, p. 24, no. 64, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:28273