This dramatic pencil drawing is by one of the original Pre-Raphaelites Dante Gabriel Rossetti. It is a reproduction on premium silk 240gsm paper from a high resolution digital image taken from the original work held within the fine art collection at Tullie House. This wonderful piece of dramatic art is available for you to own for £19.95 (excluding postage) exclusively from Tullie House Museum’s shop.

In a flowing composition of 1875, The Death of Lady Macbeth depicts Act V, Scene I, of Macbeth by Shakespeare, where in a room in Dunsinane Castle Lady Macbeth in the centre sits upon the throne, her hair loose and flowing. Beside her sits a sleeping attendant holding a feather fan loosely in her hand. A physician cools Lady Macbeth's brow with a cloth dampened from a bowl held by another female attendant. To left of composition a choirboy holding an incense burner stands beside a friar, kneeling at prayer. To the right an old woman stoops beside Lady Macbeth's throne, leaning towards her.  Detailed working and literary subjects are typical of Pre-Raphaelites’ and Rossetti’s work.