William Charles Macready (1793-1873) as Macbeth in William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'
Staffordshire Pottery
Category
Ceramics
Date
1852
Materials
Earthenware
Measurements
261 mm (H)
Place of origin
Staffordshire
Order this imageCollection
Attingham Park, Shropshire
NT 341473
Summary
Ceramic, Staffordshire, William Charles Macready (1793-1873) as Macbeth in William Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' , Staffordshire Pottery. Ful-length Staffordshire figure of William Charles Macready as Macbeth, standing in plumed bonnet, in knee-length frock; a shield over his left arm.
Provenance
part of collection built up by Thomas Balston (d.1967). He wrote about the collection in Staffordshire Portrait Figures of the Victorian Age, 1958.
Marks and inscriptions
MACBETH (indented caps.)
Makers and roles
Staffordshire Pottery, potter