1942.35: Design for "Macbeth": Before Macbeth's Castle

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1942.35

People

Charles Ricketts, British (Geneva, Switzerland 1866 - 1931 London, England)

Title

Design for "Macbeth": Before Macbeth's Castle

Classification

Drawings

Work Type

drawing

Date

c. 1926

Culture

British

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/298062

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Black crayon, gray-brown wash, and white gouache on dark cream wove paper

Dimensions

35.7 x 50.8 cm (14 1/16 x 20 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

Charles Ricketts; to [Scott & Fowles, New York, New York], sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, New York, 1924, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1942.

NOTE: Provenance information from the curatorial files.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1942

Object Number

1942.35

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Chikashi Kitazaki and Mina Oya, ed., Between Reality and Dreams: Nineteenth Century British and French Art from the Winthrop Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., National Museum of Western Art (Ueno, 2002), cat. no. 18-1, repr. (color)

Exhibition History

• Between Reality and Dreams: Nineteenth Century British and French Art from the Winthrop Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo, 09/14/2002 - 12/08/2002

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