COLLECTION NAME:
LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection
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FOLGERCM1~6~6
LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection
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Digital Image File Name:
4536
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4536
Digital Image File Name
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Source Call Number:
FPa27, with frame
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FPa27, with frame
Source Call Number
false
Source Creator:
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825.
author
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825.
Source Creator
false
Image Title:
Henry Fuseli. Macbeth consulting the vision of the armed head. Oil on canvas with original inscribed frame, 1793
Source Title:
Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head
cd_title
Macbeth Consulting the Vision of the Armed Head
Source Title
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Image Details:
from a 4x5 color transparency
special_instructions
from a 4x5 color transparency
Image Details
false
Source Created or Published:
1793
imprint
1793
Source Created or Published
false
Digital Image Type:
FSL collection
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FSL collection
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HAMNET CATALOG RECORD:
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Creator (Hamnet):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, artist.
bib_creator
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825, artist.
Creator (Hamnet)
false
Title (Hamnet):
Macbeth consulting the vision of the armed head [graphic]. Henry Fuseli.
bib_title
Macbeth consulting the vision of the armed head [graphic]. Henry Fuseli.
Title (Hamnet)
false
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet):
1793.
bib_creation_date
1793.
Date of Creation or Publ. (Hamnet)
false
Physical Description (Hamnet):
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 167.7 x 134.3 cm.
bib_physicaldescription
1 painting on canvas : oil ; 167.7 x 134.3 cm.
Physical Description (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Paintings. gmgpc
bib_subject
Paintings. gmgpc
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Macbeth.
bib_subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 -- Characters -- Macbeth.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Subject (Hamnet):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth. Act IV. Scene 1 -- Illustrations.
bib_subject
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth. Act IV. Scene 1 -- Illustrations.
Subject (Hamnet)
false
Associated Name (Hamnet):
Shakespeare Gallery (Dublin, Ireland), former owner.
bib_associated_name
Shakespeare Gallery (Dublin, Ireland), former owner.
Associated Name (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance.
bib_object_notes
This record contains unverified data from a re-keying contract and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Condition reviewed the paint surface is dry and brittle, and the figure of Macbeth is abraded. The cauldron ends in claw feet, and the leg at the right, as revealed by the pentimento, was originally shown as almost straight
bib_object_notes
Condition reviewed the paint surface is dry and brittle, and the figure of Macbeth is abraded. The cauldron ends in claw feet, and the leg at the right, as revealed by the pentimento, was originally shown as almost straight
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Conserved 19790000 a large slash has been repaired between Macbeth's legs. It runs horizontally to the right beginning at the witch's big toe. A puncture has been repaired in Macbeth's left calf. There are repairs as well to the center of the painting and to the left of Macbeth's lower back. The old lining was removed and replaced in 1979
bib_object_notes
Conserved 19790000 a large slash has been repaired between Macbeth's legs. It runs horizontally to the right beginning at the witch's big toe. A puncture has been repaired in Macbeth's left calf. There are repairs as well to the center of the painting and to the left of Macbeth's lower back. The old lining was removed and replaced in 1979
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Engravings: According to Knowles, William Sharpe was in the process of engraving the painting when Woodmason abandoned his project. Sharp's squared working drawings is in the British Museum Print Room (1853-12-10-482)
bib_object_notes
Engravings: According to Knowles, William Sharpe was in the process of engraving the painting when Woodmason abandoned his project. Sharp's squared working drawings is in the British Museum Print Room (1853-12-10-482)
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Exhibited: Dublin, Irish Shakespeare Gallery, Whistler's Great Room, Exchequer Street, 1793, no. XII; London, New Shakespeare Gallery, Schomberg House, 88 Pall Mall., 1794-95, no. XII; this or another version of this subject, Royal Academy, 1811, no. 12; Mead Art Building, Amherst College, "Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Macbeth" (no catalogue), 1951; Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Board, "Eighteenth- and Nineteenth Century English Painting," 1976-1977, no. 8; San Francisco, 1979-82, repr. in color p. 170; 'As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct. 28, 1993-Feb.15, 1994.
bib_object_notes
Exhibited: Dublin, Irish Shakespeare Gallery, Whistler's Great Room, Exchequer Street, 1793, no. XII; London, New Shakespeare Gallery, Schomberg House, 88 Pall Mall., 1794-95, no. XII; this or another version of this subject, Royal Academy, 1811, no. 12; Mead Art Building, Amherst College, "Shakespeare, Hamlet, and Macbeth" (no catalogue), 1951; Washington, D.C., Federal Reserve Board, "Eighteenth- and Nineteenth Century English Painting," 1976-1977, no. 8; San Francisco, 1979-82, repr. in color p. 170; 'As imagination bodies forth...' [paintings] Oct. 28, 1993-Feb.15, 1994.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Knowles 1831, vol. 1, pp. 189-90; Schiff 1973, vol. 1, pp. 107, 163, 187, 514 (no. 881); Hamlyn 1978, pp. 521, 526, 527, and 529, repr. pl. 33; Altick 1985, pp. 313-14; Schiff and Weinglass (forthcoming)
bib_object_notes
Knowles 1831, vol. 1, pp. 189-90; Schiff 1973, vol. 1, pp. 107, 163, 187, 514 (no. 881); Hamlyn 1978, pp. 521, 526, 527, and 529, repr. pl. 33; Altick 1985, pp. 313-14; Schiff and Weinglass (forthcoming)
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Maggs Bros., Rare Books, Prints and Autographs, 34-35 Conduit St., New Bond St., London, December 1922, £50.
bib_object_notes
Maggs Bros., Rare Books, Prints and Autographs, 34-35 Conduit St., New Bond St., London, December 1922, £50.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Title from Pressly.
bib_object_notes
Title from Pressly.
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Notes (Hamnet):
Versions: Der bewaffnete Kopf erscheint vor Macbeth, oil painting, 1774-79, schiff 1973, no. 363; two drawings for above, Schiff 1973, nos. 457 and 457a; also see lost works, nos. 27 and 83 (no. 27 refers to the drawing, which is presumably preparatory to the Folger painting, that Fuseli exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1793 as "Macbeth, the cauldron sinking, the witches vanishing; a sketch for a large picture" [no. 110]; no. 83 is the work exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1811, which in fact may be the Folger picture)
bib_object_notes
Versions: Der bewaffnete Kopf erscheint vor Macbeth, oil painting, 1774-79, schiff 1973, no. 363; two drawings for above, Schiff 1973, nos. 457 and 457a; also see lost works, nos. 27 and 83 (no. 27 refers to the drawing, which is presumably preparatory to the Folger painting, that Fuseli exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1793 as "Macbeth, the cauldron sinking, the witches vanishing; a sketch for a large picture" [no. 110]; no. 83 is the work exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1811, which in fact may be the Folger picture)
Notes (Hamnet)
false
Provenance (Hamnet):
Provenance: Commissioned by James Woodmason for his Irish Shakespeare Gallery, which opened on 1 May 1793; bought by John Knowles before the artist's death in 1825; Knowles sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London, 22 April 1842, lot 87; presented to Sir Herbert Tree by Weedon Grossmith (information contained in letter of 3 November 1922 from Parsons to Folger; Parsons offered the painting for sale less than two weeks after Maggs); Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Sale, Phillips, Son & Neale, 13 September 1921, lot 167.
bib_provenance
Provenance: Commissioned by James Woodmason for his Irish Shakespeare Gallery, which opened on 1 May 1793; bought by John Knowles before the artist's death in 1825; Knowles sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, Auctioneers, 8 King St., St. James's Square, London, 22 April 1842, lot 87; presented to Sir Herbert Tree by Weedon Grossmith (information contained in letter of 3 November 1922 from Parsons to Folger; Parsons offered the painting for sale less than two weeks after Maggs); Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree Sale, Phillips, Son & Neale, 13 September 1921, lot 167.
Provenance (Hamnet)
false
Citations (Hamnet):
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 24 (Plate 6)
bib_citation
Pressly, W.L. Paintings in the Folger Shakespeare Library, 24 (Plate 6)
Citations (Hamnet)
false