In art Three Witches

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henry fuseli s 1783 painting



1791 parody of fuseli s work james gillray


henry fuseli later create 1 of more famous portrayals of 3 witches in 1783, entitled weird sisters or 3 witches. in it, witches lined , dramatically pointing @ @ once, faces in profile. painting parodied james gillray in 1791 in weird sisters; ministers of darkness; minions of moon. 3 figures lined faces in profile in way similar fuseli s painting. however, 3 figures recognisable lord dundas (the home secretary @ time), william pitt (prime minister), , lord thurlow (lord chancellor). 3 of them facing moon, contains profiled faces of george iii , queen charlotte. drawing intended highlight insanity of king george , unusual alliance of 3 politicians.


fuseli created 2 other works depicting 3 witches dublin art gallery in 1794. first, entitled macbeth, banquo , 3 witches frustration him. earlier paintings of shakespearean scenes had been done on horizontal canvases, giving viewer picture of scene similar have been seen on stage. woodmason requested vertical paintings, shrinking space fuseli had work with. in particular painting uses lightning , other dramatic effects separated macbeth , banquo witches more , communicate how unnatural meeting is. macbeth , banquo both visibly terrified, while witches confidently perched atop mound. silhouettes of victorious army of macbeth can seen celebrating in background, lack of space necessitates removal of barren, open landscape seen in fuseli s earlier paintings boydell shakespeare gallery of same scene.



macbeth , armed head fuseli


fuseli s other macbeth woodmason painting macbeth , armed head depicts later scene in macbeth shown macduff , warned wary of him. fuseli evidently intended 2 paintings juxtaposed. said, when macbeth meets witches on heath, terrible, because did not expect supernatural visitation; when goes cave ascertain fate, no longer subject of terror. fuseli chose make macduff near-likeness of macbeth himself, , considered painting 1 of poetic in sense, asking, greater object of terror if, night on going home, find sitting @ own table . . . not make powerful impression on mind?








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