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A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom and Titania)
Artist
Edwin Landseer  (1802–1873)  wikidata:Q328369
 
Edwin Landseer
Description British painter, sculptor, architectural draftsperson and etcher
Date of birth/death 7 March 1802 Edit this at Wikidata 1 October 1873 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death London London
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q328369
Samuel Cousins  (1801–1887)  wikidata:Q1473247
 
Samuel Cousins
Description British engraver
Date of birth/death 9 May 1801 Edit this at Wikidata 7 May 1887 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Exeter London
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artist QS:P170,Q1473247
Title
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Bottom and Titania)
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In this enchanting scene from Shakespeare’s play, the Fairy Queen Titania affectionately leans on Bottom, a weaver with a magically bestowed ass's head. Within a woodland arbour, fairies and enchanted animals surround them, evoking a harem ambience through the queen's sheer attire and Bottom's Turkish slippers. Puck, the mischievous sprite, watches with glee from behind. He arranged this peculiar union at the request of the queen's enraged husband, Oberon.

Cousins expertly employed mezzotint and etching to reproduce a painting by Edwin Landseer (1802-1873). The work was originally created for Isambard Kingdom Brunel in 1851. Queen Victoria praised the work as a 'gem, beautiful, fairy-like, and graceful.' The original painting is in the National Gallery of Victoria’s collection.
Date 1801-1887
Medium Mezzotint on paper
Dimensions 534 x 867 mm
Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
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464/1997
Credit line Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
Source/Photographer Royal Albert Memorial Museum and Art Gallery
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