Gillray (James) Weird Sisters; Minister's of Darkness; Minions of

Gillray (James) Weird Sisters; Minister's of Darkness; Minions of the Moon, etching and aquatint, with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 247 x 340 mm (9 3/4 x 13 3/8 in), trimmed within the platemark, some toning to extremities, some thinning and old adhesive tabs verso, not showing through, unframed, Hannah Humphrey, 1791 Literature: BM Satires 7937 *** 'A burlesque of Fuseli's well-known picture illustrating 'Macbeth'. The three witches are Dundas, Pitt, and Thurlow, in profile to the right instead of to the left. Fuseli's drapery is replaced by clouds, and the three gaze with reflective and apprehensive intensity at the moon'. [BM]

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