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A skeletal figure surveying three doctors around a cauldron, a parody of Macbeth and the three witches; promoting James Morison's alternative medicines. Lithograph.

An episode in Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the three witches. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1785, after H. Fuseli, 1783.

William Gladstone as Macbeth is fighting with a younger man as Macduff. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 14 August 1886.

On a windswept heath, three witches prophesy to an aghast Daniel O' Connell. Coloured lithograph by h.b. (unknown artist), 1843.

Two witches tell Macbeth (representing the Earl of Bute) that he will be king and another, holding a noose, says he will be "Knight - the first that ever graced the Scottish annals". Etching, 1762.

Macbeth, the three witches, Hecate, and the eight kings, in a cave. Stipple print by R. Thew after J. Reynolds, 1 December 1802.

Macbeth, Banquo and the three witches. Engraving by J. Caldwall after H. Fuseli, 23 April 1798.

The three witches hover over Macbeth and Banquo (?). Etching.

Miscellaneous observations on the tragedy of Macbeth: with remarks on Sir T. H.'s edition of Shakespear. To which is affix'd, Proposals for a new edition of Shakeshear [sic], with a specimen.

C.S. Parnell as Macbeth and Dr. Cronin as Banquo's ghost. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1889.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth

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C.S. Parnell as Macbeth and Dr. Cronin as Banquo's ghost. Colour lithograph by Tom Merry, 1889.