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Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British, Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking, 1781

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Creator:

Mary Hoare, 1744–1820

Title:

Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking

Additional Title(s):

Lady Macbeth with her Taper

Dunsinane. Ante-room in the castle, 'Macbeth', Act V, Scene 1

Part Of:

Collective Title: The Tragedy of Macbeth

Date:

1781

Materials & Techniques:

Watercolor with black ink, scraping, and gouache over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border

Dimensions:

Mount: 21 1/16 x 14 1/2 inches (53.5 x 36.8 cm), Contemporary drawn border: 19 1/8 x 12 3/8 inches (48.6 x 31.5 cm), Sheet: 17 7/16 x 11 3/16 inches (44.3 x 28.4 cm)

Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Yet here's a spot"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Macbeth"

Signed and dated in black ink, lower left: "M.H. July 1781"

Credit Line:

Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:

Public Domain

Accession Number:

B1975.4.1972

Classification:

Drawings & Watercolors

Collection:

Prints and Drawings

Subject Terms:

Associated People:

Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth)

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Link:

https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9817

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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. 78, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]

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