Monday, August 15, 2011

A Brush with History: Macbeth is Killed


On this date in 1057, Macbeth is killed by Malcolm. Shakespeare's play Macbeth is ripe with imagery, and has served as a source of content for artists throughout the last 400 years.


Lady Macbeth
Johann Heinrich Fuseli
Lady Macbeth
1784




Macbeth and the Witches
Henry Fuseli
Macbeth and the Three Witches



Theodore Chasseriau
Macbeth and the Three Weird Sisters
1855

Stephen Reid
Stephen Reid
Macbeth  1817

Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli
Lady Macbeth with the Daggers
1812
File:Banquo.jpg
"Macbeth seeing the ghost of Banquo" by Théodore Chassériau
File:Macbeth3.jpg
William Rimmer
American, 1816-1879



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