Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British, The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth, ca. 1781
- Title:
- The Apparition of the Armed Head: Macbeth
- Additional Title(s):
- A Cavern. In the Middle, a Boiling Cauldron, 'Macbeth', Act IV, Scene I
- Part Of:
- Date:
- ca. 1781
- Materials & Techniques:
- 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), Contemporary drawn border: 14 1/2 × 12 1/8 inches (36.8 × 30.8 cm), Sheet: 13 3/8 x 11 inches (33.9 x 28 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:
- armor | cauldron | cave | chain | cloaks | fear | fire | hallucination | head | helmet | hook | literary theme | Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I | magic | man | play | plays by William Shakespeare | plume | smoke | soldier | surprise | The Tragedy of Macbeth | vision | witches | women
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9816
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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, pp. 29, 87, no. 77, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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