The Banquet Scene in Macbeth

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The Banquet Scene from Macbeth
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Artist Daniel Maclise
Year1840
Type Oil on canvas, history painting
Dimensions183 cm× 305 cm(72 in× 120 in)
Location Guildhall Art Gallery , London

The Banquet Scene in Macbeth is an 1840 history painting by the Irish artist Daniel Maclise. [1] It features the banquet scene from William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth . depicted in Romantic style. [2]

Maclise produced a number of pictures based on plays by Shakespeare. The work was displayed at the Royal Academy Exhibition of 1840 at the National Gallery in London. In 1857 it was featured at the Art Treasures Exhibition in 1857. The painting is now in the Guildhall Art Gallery in the City of London, having been acquired in 1904. [3]

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