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The Combat in Macbeth (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 8)

1818–19
Not on view
This print portrays Edmund Kean and Henry Stephen Kemble fighting one another as Macbeth and Macduff in act 5, scene 8 of Shakespeare's play. For a battle that will result in Macbeth's death, the latter wears armor and his opponent a kilt. The print was likely made by George Cruikshank and Isaac Robert Cruikshank (the brothers often collaborated around 1818 on actor portraits and other works, at a moment when Isaac Robert was establishing himself as an independent artist).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Combat in Macbeth (Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 8)
  • Artist: George Cruikshank (British, London 1792–1878 London)
  • Artist: Possibly Isaac Robert Cruikshank (British, London 1789–1856 London)
  • Publisher: J. H. Jameson (British, active 1811–23)
  • Author: Related author William Shakespeare (British, Stratford-upon-Avon 1564–1616 Stratford-upon-Avon)
  • Subject: Edmund Kean (British, 1787–1833)
  • Subject: Henry Stephen Kemble (British, 1789–1836)
  • Date: 1818–19
  • Medium: Etching with touches of stipple, hand-colored
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 7 9/16 × 9 1/4 in. (19.2 × 23.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1917
  • Object Number: 17.3.756-1790
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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