Lady Macbeth with the dagger

1818

Henry Fuseli brings Shakespeare's most infamous sleepwalking scene to life in this haunting 1818 sketch. You can almost feel the tension as Lady Macbeth clutches her dagger, her flowing robes swirling around her in a dramatic display of Romantic-era emotion. Fuseli was famous for his obsession with the supernatural and psychological torment, and this quick study perfectly captures the character's descent into madness. It's a raw, ghostly glimpse into the mind of a woman consumed by guilt, proving that sometimes a simple sketch is far more terrifying than a finished masterpiece.

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