- 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