Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1786–1846, British, Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth', ca. 1811
- Title:
- Sketches for a Scene from 'Macbeth'
- Additional Title(s):
Lady Macbeth (Mrs. Siddons?)
Verso: Two Left Legs and One Right Leg- Part Of:
- 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:
- curls | figure study | Macbeth, play by William Shakespeare | men | play | plays by William Shakespeare | profile | sketches
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
Siddons (née Kemble), Sarah (1755–1831), actress
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:10357
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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. 24-6, 108, no. 66, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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