This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. Purchase made possible by The Ann Jennalie Cook Acquisitions Fund. Ordered from Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, D9456, 2021-03-25, online enquiry. From dealer's description: "(MACKLIN, Charles) [Macbeth] Original Ink and Pencil sketch. I see thee yet in form as palpable as this which now I draw. Brown ink & pencil over two conjoined sheets of differently watermarked laid paper, one being ‘Pro Patria Eiusque Liberate’, expertly laid onto Japanese tissue; the odd mark, sl. browned. Mounted. 31 x 23cm. A scene from Macbeth Act 2 Scene 1 with Macbeth, in full tartan, speaking the line: ‘I see thee yet in form as palpable as this which now I draw’. Beneath the inscription is ‘Macklin’, a reference to the pioneering and long-lived actor Charles Macklin, 1690-1797, who played the role of Macbeth in 1772 at Covent Garden. See Haewood 3148 for the Pro Patria watermark design noting dates with this image between c.1745-c.1769."
