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Macbeth
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Macbeth

John Martin | Thomas Goff Lupton | Walter Benjamin Tiffin | William Shakespeare

1828

Medium

Mezzotint

Tags

Human FiguresMountains

Dimensions

Image: 9 7/8 x 13 15/16 in. (25.1 x 35.4 cm) Plate: 12 3/4 x 16 in. (32.4 x 40.6 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1969

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Rights

Public Domain

About John Martin

1789–1854 • United Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandKingdom of Great BritainUnited Kingdom

Instrumental in the formation of the Society of British Artists. Painted large compositions of biblical and historical subjects. Comment on works: History; Landscapes

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