Romney, George. [Macbeth confronts Banquo's ghost, act 3, scene 4]

Folger bibliographic ID: 265931
Folger call number: ART 267- 540
Folger holdings ID: 351756
Accession Number: 267540

Banquo's ghost stands to viewer's left; Macbeth stands to viewer's right, his arms upraised, with Lady Macbeth holding his right arm

General notes

Title devised by cataloger According to Yvonne Romney Dixon, George Romney's earliest sketches of the Banquet scene in Macbeth date to 1786 and he revisited the theme in 1792 in preparation for a never-executed painting for the Boydell Gallery ("Designs from fancy" : George Romney's Shakespearean drawings / by Yvonne Romney Dixon. Washington, D.C. : Folger Shakespeare Library, 1998, p. 186) Other Romney drawings of the Banquet scene in Macbeth at the Folger Shakespeare Library (several sketches in ART Vol. c59, ART Vol. c60, and ART Vol. b6), the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge (L.D. 123, 124, 126 and B.V. 138-40), Yale University (1979.12.203, 1979.12.207, 1979.12.210, 1979.12.212, B1991.8.45), Princeton University (1948.1560, 1565, and 1570) Purchased at Christie's, London, Sale 6574, "Andrew Wyld: Connoisseur Dealer," 10 July 2012, lot 37, along with Romney drawings of the Infant Shakespeare nursed by Comedy and Tragedy (lot 30; now Folger ART 267- 541) and Lady Macbeth (lot 31; now Folger ART 267- 542) Stamp of A.A. de Pass ("A de P.") in lower right corner (Lugt, Frits. Les marques de collections de dessins & d'estampes, 108a) Alfred de Pass gave this drawing to the Royal Institute of Cornwall, Truro; sold at Christie's, London, 22 February 1966, lot 35 (one of three in lot). With Agnew's, London, 2002, no. 12. Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 5 June 2008, lot 159

Exhibited

Kendal, England, Abbot Hall Art Gallery, 1984. George Romney, 1734-1802, no. 24

Item information about Folger ART 267- 540

Purchased with funds from The Eric and Mary Weinmann Acquisitions Fund

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century Banquo (Legendary character) Gruoch, Queen, consort of Macbeth, King of Scotland

artist: Romney, George, 1734-1802
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Macbeth, King of Scotland, active 11th century
depiction: Gruoch, Queen, consort of Macbeth, King of Scotland
former owner: De Pass, Alfred, 1861-1952
former owner: Wyld, Andrew