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Grey wash drawing of a cloaked man with a sword before a cauldron, facing ghostly apparitions and a floating armed head.

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Macbeth and the Apparition of the Armed Head, William Marshall Craig (1820), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A cloaked figure with a sword stands before a bubbling cauldron, gesturing toward a rising cloud of ghostly apparitions, including a floating armed head in a helmet and a line of crowned figures. Small serpentine creatures with wings are sketched in the upper left and center, set against a grey wash sky. This watercolor and ink drawing by William Marshall Craig, dated 1820, is held by Wikimedia Commons.

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