Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 16 × 13 inches (40.6 × 33 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower center: "Macb: Tell me thou unknown power___ | Witch: He knows thy thought; | Hear his speech, but say thou nought"; in graphite, lower right: "Macbeth"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1971
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
surprise | cauldron | witches | literary theme | fire | cave | hallucination | women | fear | magic | vision | smoke | helmet | plume | chain | soldier | man | cloaks | head | hook | armor | play | plays by William Shakespeare | Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I | 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, pp. 29, 87, no. 77, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)