An English Country Performance of Macbeth

Date: 1790

Medium: Aquatint and etching, hand-colored

Dimensions: Sheet (trimmed within plate): 15 11/16 × 19 7/16 in. (39.8 × 49.4 cm)

Classification: Prints

Themes: Performance, Shakespeare, Spectators, Theatre

Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917

Date range

1790 – 1790

Largest dimension

49.4 cm

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