Lady Macbeth sleep-walking (recto)
Maker
(artist)
1741-1825
1741-1825
Title
Lady Macbeth sleep-walking (recto)
Date of Production
(September) 1798
Medium
graphite, pen and brown ink, grey wash (recto), graphite (verso) on laid paper
Dimensions
Height: 31.5 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Width: 20.1 cm
Accession Number
D.1952.RW.2156
Mode of Acquisition
Robert Clermont Witt, bequest, 1952
Credit
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Copyright
Work in the public domain
Location
Not currently on display
Keywords
Provenance
Sotheby's (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), L.2228b, n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952
Exhibition History
L'Europe des Esprits, Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art of Strasbourg &
Strasbourg & France, 07/10/2011-12/02/2012
Johann Heinrich Fuseli, Tate Gallery, London, 1975
Johann Henrich Fussli, Petit Palais, Paris, 1974-1975 ...More
Johann Henrich Fussli, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1974-1975
Shakespeare in Pictures, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 1964
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)
Shakespeare in Pictures, Zurich (?), 1926 ...Less
Johann Heinrich Fuseli, Tate Gallery, London, 1975
Johann Henrich Fussli, Petit Palais, Paris, 1974-1975 ...More
Johann Henrich Fussli, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 1974-1975
Shakespeare in Pictures, Ulster Museum, Belfast, 1964
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933-34 (Winter)
Shakespeare in Pictures, Zurich (?), 1926 ...Less
Literature
Henry Fuseli 1741-1825, Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Petit Palais, Paris; Tate, 1974-75
no. 35
ill.
Schiff, Gert, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, Zurich: Verlag Berichthaus, 1973, 2 vols.
no. 1014, 1013 (verso)
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 20 ...More
Powell, Nicholas, The Drawings of Henry Fuseli, London, 1951
pl. 45
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 113
no. 113 ...Less
no. 35
ill.
Schiff, Gert, Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741-1825, Zurich: Verlag Berichthaus, 1973, 2 vols.
no. 1014, 1013 (verso)
Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 20 ...More
Powell, Nicholas, The Drawings of Henry Fuseli, London, 1951
pl. 45
English paintings and drawings circa 1780-1830, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1933 - 1934 (Winter)
cat. no. 113
no. 113 ...Less
Inscriptions
Watermark: Watermark: none.
Inscription: Recto: lower left (within drawing), brown ink, dated: “Sept.r 98”. Verso: upper left corner, upper centre and lower left corner all had graphite inscriptions erased and now illegible, except the latter starts with a “W”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
Inscription: Recto: lower left (within drawing), brown ink, dated: “Sept.r 98”. Verso: upper left corner, upper centre and lower left corner all had graphite inscriptions erased and now illegible, except the latter starts with a “W”.
Collector's mark: Verso: lower right corner, stamped in black: Sir Robert Witt (L.2228b).
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