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Room 5: Witches and Apparitions
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John Runciman
The Three Witches circa 1767-1768
Ink and body colour on prepared laid paper, 235 x 248 mm
Lent by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
The Three Witches circa 1767-1768
Ink and body colour on prepared laid paper, 235 x 248 mm
Lent by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
Alexander Runciman
The Witches show Macbeth The Apparitions circa 1771-1772
Pen and brown ink over pencil on paper, 616 x 460 mm
Lent by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
The Witches show Macbeth The Apparitions circa 1771-1772
Pen and brown ink over pencil on paper, 616 x 460 mm
Lent by the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh
John British Dixon after John Hamilton Mortimer
An Incantation 20 July 1773
Mezzotint 610 x 486 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
An Incantation 20 July 1773
Mezzotint 610 x 486 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
George Romney
The Ghost of Darius Appearing to Atossa circa 1778-1779
Black chalk on nine sheets of laid paper 1015 x 1270 mm
Lent by National Museums Liverpool, The Walker
The Ghost of Darius Appearing to Atossa circa 1778-1779
Black chalk on nine sheets of laid paper 1015 x 1270 mm
Lent by National Museums Liverpool, The Walker
Henry Fuseli
Samuel appearing to Saul in the Presence of the Witch of Endor 1777
Pen and wash on paper, 302 x 402 mm
Lent by the Kunsthaus, Zürich, Graphische Sammlung on loan from the Gottfried Keller Foundation
Samuel appearing to Saul in the Presence of the Witch of Endor 1777
Pen and wash on paper, 302 x 402 mm
Lent by the Kunsthaus, Zürich, Graphische Sammlung on loan from the Gottfried Keller Foundation
William Blake
The Witch of Endor Raising The Spirit of Samuel 1783
Pen and watercolour on paper, 283 x 423 mm
Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
The Witch of Endor Raising The Spirit of Samuel 1783
Pen and watercolour on paper, 283 x 423 mm
Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations.
John Downman
The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies 1781
Oil on panel, 508 x 648 mm
Lent by the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
The Ghost of Clytemnestra Awakening the Furies 1781
Oil on panel, 508 x 648 mm
Lent by the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
Henry Fuseli
The Three Witches (Die drei Hexen) 1783
Oil on canvas, 650 x 915 mm
Lent by the Kunsthaus, Zürich (gift of the city of Zürich)
The Three Witches (Die drei Hexen) 1783
Oil on canvas, 650 x 915 mm
Lent by the Kunsthaus, Zürich (gift of the city of Zürich)
James Gillray
Wierd Sisters 23 December 1791
25 x 35 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Wierd Sisters 23 December 1791
25 x 35 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
John Flaxman
The Ghost of Clytemnestra Arousing The Furies
211 x 322 mm
Lent by the Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Ghost of Clytemnestra Arousing The Furies
211 x 322 mm
Lent by the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Henry Fuseli
The Mandrake: A Charm circa 1785
Oil on canvas, 635 x 765 mm
Lent by the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
The Mandrake: A Charm circa 1785
Oil on canvas, 635 x 765 mm
Lent by the Paul Mellon Collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven
James Gillray
Shakespeare Sacrificed – or – The Offering to Avarice 20 June 1789
Etching, 505 x 385 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Shakespeare Sacrificed – or – The Offering to Avarice 20 June 1789
Etching, 505 x 385 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
George Romney
Margery Jourdain and Bolingbroke conjuring up The Fiend circa 1790
Pen and grey ink and grey watercolour wash over graphite on paper, 382 x 562 mm
Lent by the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Margery Jourdain and Bolingbroke conjuring up The Fiend circa 1790
Pen and grey ink and grey watercolour wash over graphite on paper, 382 x 562 mm
Lent by the Syndics of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
Robert Thew after Henry Fuseli
Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost Published 29 September 1796
Stipple engraving on paper, 500 x 635 mm
© 2006 Kunsthaus, Zürich. All rights reserved.
Hamlet, Horatio, Marcellus and the Ghost Published 29 September 1796
Stipple engraving on paper, 500 x 635 mm
© 2006 Kunsthaus, Zürich. All rights reserved.
Richard Newton after George Montard Woodward
Laying a Ghost!! 1 October 1792
Coloured etching,and aquatint, 358 x 248 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Laying a Ghost!! 1 October 1792
Coloured etching,and aquatint, 358 x 248 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
George Montard Woodward
Gravedigger and a Ghost circa 1795
Pen and watercolour on paper, 255 x 220 mm
Lent by Derbshire Record Office, Derbyshire County Council
Gravedigger and a Ghost circa 1795
Pen and watercolour on paper, 255 x 220 mm
Lent by Derbshire Record Office, Derbyshire County Council
George Montard Woodward
Gravedigger and Monster circa 1795
Pen and watercolour on paper 170 x 125 mm
Lent by Derbyshire Record Office, Derbyshire County Council
Gravedigger and Monster circa 1795
Pen and watercolour on paper 170 x 125 mm
Lent by Derbyshire Record Office, Derbyshire County Council
Richard Newton
One Too Many! 10 November 1792
Coloured etching, 305 x 429 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
One Too Many! 10 November 1792
Coloured etching, 305 x 429 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Henry Fuseli
Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head 1793-1794
Oil on canvas, 1630 x 1300 mm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head 1793-1794
Oil on canvas, 1630 x 1300 mm
Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington
Henry Fuseli
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches 1796
Oil on canvas, 1016 x 1264 mm
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, by exchange, and Victor Wilbour Memorial, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment, Marquand and Charles B. Curtis Funds, 1980
The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches 1796
Oil on canvas, 1016 x 1264 mm
Lent by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, by exchange, and Victor Wilbour Memorial, The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment, Marquand and Charles B. Curtis Funds, 1980
William Blake
Hecate circa 1795
Colour print finished in ink and watercolour on paper, 439 x 581 mm
Presented by W. Graham Robertson 1939
Hecate circa 1795
Colour print finished in ink and watercolour on paper, 439 x 581 mm
Presented by W. Graham Robertson 1939
James Gillray
Nightly Visitors 21 September 1798
Coloured etching,with aquatint, 365 x 258 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Nightly Visitors 21 September 1798
Coloured etching,with aquatint, 365 x 258 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
William Blake
Richard III and The Ghosts around 1806
Pen and black ink, and grey wash, with watercolour, 306 x 190 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Richard III and The Ghosts around 1806
Pen and black ink, and grey wash, with watercolour, 306 x 190 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
William Blake
Hamlet and his Father's Ghost 1806
Pen and grey ink, and grey wash, with watercolour, 307 x 185 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
Hamlet and his Father's Ghost 1806
Pen and grey ink, and grey wash, with watercolour, 307 x 185 mm
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
James Gillray
A Phantasmagoria 5 January 1803
image: 279 x 245 mm
With permission of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford
A Phantasmagoria 5 January 1803
image: 279 x 245 mm
With permission of the Warden and Scholars of New College, Oxford
Henry Fuseli
The Mandrake: A Charm circa 1812
Pencil over indications of red chalk on paper, 426 x 545 mm
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
The Mandrake: A Charm circa 1812
Pencil over indications of red chalk on paper, 426 x 545 mm
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
Henry Fuseli
The Witch and The Mandrake circa 1812
Pencil over indications of red chalk on paper, 428 x 545 mm
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
The Witch and The Mandrake circa 1812
Pencil over indications of red chalk on paper, 428 x 545 mm
Lent by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Bequeathed by Francis Douce, 1834.
