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Joseph Anton Koch: Macbeth and the Witches

John Gilbert: Weird Sisters

Macbeth and Banquo encounter the Three Witches, illustration by John Gilbert for an edition of Shakespeare's works, 1858–60.

The Weird Sisters of Macbeth, engraving by Losay from the painting by Henry Fuseli

Watch the Weird Sisters conspire in the opening scene of William Shakespeare's tragedy Macbeth

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