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Painting of a barefoot woman in a yellow gown holding a torch aloft in a dark room, with two figures faintly visible in shadow behind her.

The Sleepwalking Lady Macbeth

A barefoot woman in a flowing yellow-orange gown strides through darkness, holding a torch high in one hand and extending her other arm outward. Behind her, a man and a seated woman in pale dress emerge faintly from the shadows, in a dark interior.

Artist
Henry Fuseli
Date
1781
Medium
Source
Wikimedia Commons / Wikidata
Size
2919 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Henry Fuseli died 1825 and the work dates by 1781; public domain in the US and life+70 countries.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier B · as stated by the source: Public domain

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Henry Fuseli, via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)

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