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Three Witches from 'Macbeth' (recto)

Maker

Formerly attributed to
(Artists)
1741-1825

Title

Three Witches from 'Macbeth' (recto)

Date of Production

1750 - 1850

Medium

black chalk (recto and verso) on white wove paper

Dimensions

Height: 16.2 cm
Width: 13.8 cm

Accession Number

D.1952.RW.4532

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

Squire (London); purchased there by Sir Robert Witt, London (1872-1952), n.d.; Witt Bequest 1952

Literature

Blunt, Anthony, Hand-list of the drawings in the Witt Collection, London, 1956
p. 21

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: Recto, lower left, cut off at left edge: "[...]TMAN / [...]3" [as in "J WHATMAN" and a year ending in "3".]

Collector's mark: none.

Inscription: Verso: upper left, graphite: "10 3/4 x 9 ¼"; lower centre, graphite: "H Fuseli II".

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