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Wierd [sic]–Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions to the Moon
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James Gillray
(London, England, 1757–1815)
NationalityEnglish, Europe
Date1791
MediumEtching and aquatint with hand-coloring
DimensionsSheet: 10 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (25.7 × 35.2 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 12 15/16 in. (23.5 × 32.8 cm)
Image: 9 1/4 × 12 15/16 in. (23.5 × 32.8 cm)
Credit LineBlanton Museum of Art, The University of Texas at Austin, Jack S. Blanton Curatorial Endowment Fund, 2008
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Collection AreaPrints and Drawings
Object number2008.143
On View
Not on viewAfter the painting Weird Sisters by Henri Fuseli (see dedication in upper margin), Gillray represents Henry Dundas, William Pitt, and Edward Thurlow, all members of the Cabinet Ministry, as the three witches from Macbeth. A parody on the sanity of King George III, the three men contemplate the moon, half enlightened with the portrait of Queen Charlotte and half eclipsed with the portrait of the king.
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