Subject from Macbeth: P.1322-R

People, subjects and objects depicted

• Print
• Macbeth
• Owl

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of chine collé
Sheet Height 171 mm Width 129 mm
Plate Height 69 mm Width 47 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving

Inscription or legends present

• Text: It was the owl that shriek'd, the fatal bell-man. - MACBETH.
• Location: Plate upper centre
• Method of creation: Printed

• Text: G. Richmond Delt. et Scult.
• Location: Plate lower centre
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Signature

• Text: 1827.
• Location: Plate lower right
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Date

• Text: London, Published for the Proprietors, by J. Mead, 10, Gough Square, Fleet Street. / Paris, M.M. Aubert Lepizig, T.O. Weigel
• Location: Plate lower centre
• Method of creation: Printed
• Type: Address

References and bibliographic entries

• The engravings of George Richmond and Welby Sherman

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.1322-R
Primary reference Number: 3518
Dodgson (Richmond): 2
Stable URI

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints