Macbeth and the Witches, Georg Heinrich Busse, 1836, Graphic Art, Etching, This dramatic landscape by Joseph Anton Koch (1768-1839) illustrates the first scene in William Shakespeare’s (1564-1616) tragedy, Macbeth, . It tells how Macbeth encounters three witches who predict his future. They represent chaos, darkness and conflict. In Georg Heinrich Busse’s print, executed after Koch’s painting

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