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Swinburne, Henry, 1743–1803
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Davis, Samuel, 1760–1819
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Fuseli, Henry, 1741–1825
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Gilpin, William Sawrey, 1762–1843
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Drawings & Watercolors
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male
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female
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Collective Title
Collection of Sketches by Henry Swinburne
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The Tragedy of Macbeth
1
Period
18th century
4
18th century-19th century
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Materials & Techniques
graphite
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laid paper
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brown ink
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pen
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watercolor
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wove paper
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black ink
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brown wash
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gray ink
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landscape
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cityscape
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bridge (built work)
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river
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Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare
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arch bridge
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bones
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cathedral
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cauldron
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England
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London
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St. Paul's Cathedral
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Thames
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United Kingdom
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Macbeth (character in The Tragedy of Macbeth)
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Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
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The Three Witches (characters in Macbeth)
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Exhibition History
Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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The Fuseli Circle in Rome - Early Romantic Art in the 1770s (Yale Center for British Art, 1979-09-12 - 1979-11-11)
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Arthur Weyhe
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Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Amelia Long, 1762–1837
St. Paul's and Blackfriars Bridge
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William Sawrey Gilpin, 1762–1843
Two Men on a Bridge
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James Northcote, 1746–1831
Macbeth and the Witches
between 1777 and 1778
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Near Oropesa
1777 to 1778
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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803
Mount Vesuvius
1777 to 1778
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Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
River Scene and Bridge with Artist Sketching in Foreground
1777