Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British
Title:
Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'
Date:
ca. 1811
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite and black chalk on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 16 5/16 x 20 inches (41.5 x 50.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "From | Macbeth"; inscribed in graphite, verso, lower right; "[I Green Gray]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.55
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | profile | figure study | sketches | curls | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | plays by William Shakespeare | play
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. 24-6, 108, no. 66, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10357