Wierd-Sisters; Ministers of Darkness; Minions of the Moon

Britische Grafik 1790–1796, 1791

The image shows the profiles of three individuals positioned closely together, gazing ahead. Each person has distinct facial features. The first person has a prominent nose and wears a patterned shawl, the second person has delicate features with rosy cheeks and gray hair styled backward, while the third person has a long, slender nose and thick eyebrows, with voluminous, curly hair and a beard. They wear cloaks. The background features a cloudy, moonlit sky with a large moon visible in the distance. The scene is set at night.
Artist
Britische Grafik 1790–1796
Date
1791
Type
Print
Medium
etching, engraving and aquatint printed in sepia on wove paper, with publisher's hand-coloring and inscriptions by Gillray
Dimensions
24.9 × 35.1 cm
Collection
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Licence
Public domain, CC0

Image description

The image shows the profiles of three individuals positioned closely together, gazing ahead. Each person has distinct facial features. The first person has a prominent nose and wears a patterned shawl, the second person has delicate features with rosy cheeks and gray hair styled backward, while the third person has a long, slender nose and thick eyebrows, with voluminous, curly hair and a beard. They wear cloaks. The background features a cloudy, moonlit sky with a large moon visible in the distance. The scene is set at night.

Britische Grafik 1790–1796