Macbeth in the witches' cave [graphic] / Begun 1822-Finished 1840 / TS [the two letters are squeezed together].
1840
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Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPa77
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Title
Macbeth in the witches' cave [graphic] / Begun 1822-Finished 1840 / TS [the two letters are squeezed together].
Created/published
1840.
Description
1 painting : oil on canvas ; 29 x 24 in. (73.5 x 61 cm)
Associated name
Sully, Thomas, 1783-1872, artist.
Material base
canvas
Note
Title from Pressly.
Publications about material
Biddle and Fielding 1921, no. 2404: "MACBETH. Painted from a Shakespearean sketch made in 1822. Painting begun Oct. 9th, 1840, finished Oct. 18th, 1840. Size 29" x 24". Price $100.00".
Source of acquisition
Rosenbach Co., Rare Books, Paintings and Prints, Antique Furniture and Objects of Art, 1320 Walnut St., Philadelphia, and 273 Madison Ave., New York, October 1922, $892.50.
Exhibited
Exhibited: Amherst, Mead Art Building, Amherst College, "Benjamin West: His Times and His Influence," 1950 (also see Art in America 38 [December 1950]); Amherst, Mead Art Building, Amherst College, "Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Macbeth" (no catalogue), 1951; 'As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] 28 October1993-15 February1994; Milwaukee Art Museum, 11 October 2013-5 January 2014, and San Antonio Museum of Art, 8 February -11 May 2014, "Thomas Sully: Painted Performance."
Cited/described in
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 81
Linked resources
Digital image(s) of Folger Shakespeare Library FPa77
Genre/form
Paintings.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England.
Item Details
Call number
FPa77
Folger-specific note
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Folger accession
cs1086