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Artist/Maker	Sampson Low (publisher) Smith, John Moyr (printmaker)
Place of origin	London (published)

Plate depicting a the Castle of Dunsinane from William Shakespeare's Macbeth.

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Categories	Prints Shakespeare Scotland
Object type	Print
Materials and techniques	Etching Etching
Brief description	Print depicting the Castle of Dunsinane. Plate 22 in William Shakespeare's The Tragedie of Macbeth, published by Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, London, 1889. Etching by John Moyr Smith.
Physical description	Plate depicting a the Castle of Dunsinane from William Shakespeare's Macbeth.
Dimensions	Height: 26.7cm Width: 17.8cm Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions	'J M S.' (Signed in reverse) 'J Moyr Smith 1889' (Signed and dated in pencil) 'To Master Gilbert Reeve' (Inscribed)
Credit line	Given by Miss Alison L. Reeve
Subject depicted	Castle
Literary reference	Macbeth
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.794-1963

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698691/print-smith-john-moyr/

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