Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British, Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking, 1781
- 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:
- 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:
- bed | blankets | candle | candlestick | cloak | curtains | dress | hallucination | literary theme | Macbeth, Act V, Scene I | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | play | plays by William Shakespeare | sash | sleepwalking | taper | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Lady Macbeth (character in Macbeth) - Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- 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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