The Weird Sisters (Shakespeare, MacBeth, Act 1, Scene 3), March 10, 1785, Mezzotint, sheet: 18 1/16 x 21 7/8 in. (45.8 x 55.5 cm), Prints, After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London), Smith’s mezzotint reproduces Fuseli’s striking conception of the witches as first encountered by Macbeth and Banquo in Shakespeare’s play (act 1, scene 3), prompting Banquo to ask 'What are these So wither’d and wild in their attire, That look not like the inhabitants o’ the earth, And yet are on’t?
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