The Three Witches from Macbeth: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Date:
1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with black ink and scraping over graphite on thick, slightly textured cream wove paper mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured cream laid paper with contemporary drawn border
Dimensions:
Mount: 20 3/4 x 24 3/16 inches (52.7 x 61.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower center: "Double, double, toil and trouble; | Fire burn, and cauldron bubble"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1969
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cauldron | dresses | cloaks | witches | ritual | ceremony | fire | magic | hook | chain | smoke | cave | literary theme | barefoot | gesturing | Macbeth, Act IV, Scene I | 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. 28-9, no. 76, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)