Title page for Macbeth, ca. 1848 – 1855

Title

Title page for Macbeth

Draughtsman

• Ferdinand Fellner

Period Produced

• 19th century

Object Type

• drawing

Physical Description

Bleistift

Material

• graphite-clay mixture
• paper

Technique

• pencil drawing

Geographic Reference

• German

Production Reason

• Pictorial drawing
• preliminary drawing for a book illustration?

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Bezeichnet mittig (mit Bleistift): MACBETH

Captions Added Later

Auf dem Montierungsbogen Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356)

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Work Catalogues

• Schauz 1976.178.122

Institution

• Städel Museum

Administration

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• literary representation

Persons Shown

• Macbeth

Associated Persons and Institutions

• William Shakespeare

Illustrated Passage

• William Shakespeare: Macbeth

Primary

• 83(SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth) (SHAKESPEARE, Macbeth) specific works of literature (with AUTHOR, Title)
• 82A(MACDUFF) male literary characters (MACDUFF)
• 11G1831 psychostasis, the Archangel Michael weighing the souls in the scales (and stabbing the devil)
• 13B11 groups of witches
• 46A124 knight