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LOUIS HAGHE (1806-85)
The performance of Macbeth in the Rubens Room, Windsor Castle, 4 February 1853.
dated 1853RCIN 919794
Haghe depicts Charles Kean’s Macbeth, which was shown at Windsor Castle ten days before it opened to wide acclaim in London. Mrs Charles Kean is seen as Lady Macbeth, in the sleepwalking scene from Act V. The Queen was delighted by the play and attended the London performance on several occasions.
Commissioned by Queen Victoria for her Souvenir Album
No. 159
