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Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers (© Tate)
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Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers

Artist: Henry Fuseli (1741 - 1825)

Location: Tate

Date: 1812

Materials: oil on canvas

Dimensions: 102 x 127 cm

Grant:

Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £3,800)

Vendor: Sotheby's

Review number: 2187 (1965)

Provenance:
Thomas E.Lowinsky; (by descent) Mrs J Stanley-Clarke.

Description:
From Shakespeare's Macbeth, Act II Scene 2. Composition inspired by Mrs Siddons who first played the part of Lady Macbeth in London in 1785 and chose it for her farewell in 1812.

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