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10 results filtered with: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
  • Romeo giving money to an apothecary for a poison that will enable him to kill himself. Mezzotint, 17--.
  • Viola in Shakespeare's Twelfth night. Stipple engraving by W.H. Mote, 1836, after Meadows after W. Shakespeare.
  • Macbeth consults the three witches; an apparition appears of a bloody child, who calls Macbeth's name three times. Engraving by W. Byrne, 1773, after E. Edwards.
  • Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches on a heath; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Painting after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).
  • Macbeth meets the three witches; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Wood engraving, 19th century.
  • The Duke of Clarence is assailed by demons and taunted by a blood-soaked angel in a dream; an episode in Shakespeare's 'Richard III'. Engraving by J. Neagle, 1804, after T. Stothard.
  • 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.
  • Witchcraft: Macbeth seeing the three witches, with other horrifying visions. Etching after J. Reynolds, ca. 1786-1790, after W. Shakespeare.
  • Hamlet pointing to the ghost of his father and asking his mother the Queen if she can see it too; she replies not. Engraving by T. Phillibrown after J.K. Meadows.
  • Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches on a heath; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Engraving by W. Bromley after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).