Title
The witches appear to Macbeth and Banquo
1798
Artists
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Details
- Date
- 1798
- Media category
- Materials used
- stipple engraving
- Dimensions
- 49.5 x 63.5 cm platemark; 52.0 x 72.0 cm sheet
- Credit
- Purchased 2008
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 423.2008
- Copyright
- Artist information
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James Caldwall
Works in the collection
- Artist information
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after Henry Fuseli
Works in the collection
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About
Vol I, plate XXXVII, Boydell Shakespeare
In 1786 Fuseli was commissioned by John Boydell to paint a series of pictures representing scenes from Shakespeare’s plays. The finished paintings were unveiled in 1789 at Boydell’s Shakespeare Gallery in Pall Mall. Boydell later employed engravers to reproduce the paintings. Fuseli was particularly attracted to Shakespeare’s treatment of fantastic and supernatural themes which provided the inspiration for such exuberant creations as this illustration of Macbeth’s first encounter with the three weird sisters on the blasted heath.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 3 exhibitions
Printmaking in the age of Romanticism, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 06 Aug 2009–25 Oct 2009
European prints and drawings 1500-1900, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 30 Aug 2014–02 Nov 2014
Grand Courts collection rehang, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Nov 2021–2023
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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A. E. Santaniello, The Boydell Shakespeare prints, 1979, (illus.).
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David H Weinglass, Prints and engraved illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli, 1994. no.120
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