Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
William Marshall Craig, 1763 or 1764–1829, British
Title:
Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head
Date:
ca. 1820
Materials & Techniques:
Brown ink with gray wash and watercolor over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 1/16 × 8 15/16 inches (28.1 × 22.7 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1976.1.35
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
literary theme | head | snakes | clouds | sword | cauldron | sandals | costume | tunic | helmet | cape | armor | smoke | apparition | vision | hallucination | man | women | Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I | plays by William Shakespeare
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. 13, 109, no. 36, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:8442