Shakespeare: Midsummer-Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I: A wood - Titania, Queen of the fairies, Bottom, fairies attending (Primary Title)

after, Henry Fuseli, Swiss, active in England, 1741 - 1825 (Artist)
Jean Pierre Simon, English, before 1750 - ca. 1810 (Engraver)
John & Josiah Boydell (Publisher)

1796
English
Prints
Works On Paper
mezzotint and aquatint printed in black ink on wove paper
Sheet: 22 × 27 7/8 in. (55.88 × 70.8 cm)
Plate: 19 1/4 × 24 3/4 in. (48.9 × 62.87 cm)
Image: 17 1/4 × 23 5/16 in. (43.82 × 59.21 cm)
41.12.3
Not on view
Printed beneath image lower left: Painted by H. Fuseli R.A. Printed beneath image lower right: Engraved by J. P. Simon. Printed beneath image in center: Shakspeare./ Midsummer Nights Dream./ Act IV. Scene I./ A Wood._ Titiana, Queen of the Fairies, Bottom, Fairies attending &c&c./ Sept. 29, 1796 by J. & J. Boydell at the Shakspeare Gallery Pall Mall & at No. 90 Cheapside London. Lines from Midsummer Nights Dream printed in lower margin. Printed in lower left corner: 22.
Gift of the Richmond Public Library
Image released via Creative Commons CC-BY-NC

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