Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Mary Hoare, 1744–1820, British
Title:
The Three Witches from Macbeth: Though the Bark Cannot be Lost...
Date:
ca. 1781
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor and graphite, with scraping on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Contemporary drawn border: 11 11/16 × 11 5/16 inches (29.7 × 28.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen brown ink, lower center: "Though the Bark cannot be lost, | Yet it shall be tempest tost"; in graphite, lower right: "Macbeth"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1970
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
flags | marine art | cloaks | skirts | sails | boat | ship | bark | cave | sea | masts | shore (landform) | coast | magic | science | meteorology | storm | ropes | witches | women | old | gesturing | literary theme | rocks (landforms) | singing | pointing | clouds | Macbeth, Act I, Scene III | The Tragedy of Macbeth | 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, p. 28, no. 75, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9815