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Midsummer Night's Dream: Act IV, scene 1
1803
from the Shakespeare Gallery series, published by John and Josiah Boydell, London
Medium
stipple engraving and engraving
Measurements
44.3 × 59.8 cm (image) 48.1 × 60.4 cm (sheet, trimmed within platemark)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Inscription
printed in ink in below image l.l.: Painted by Henry Fuseli R.A.
printed in ink below image l.r.: Engraved by Thos. (s in superscript above . ) Ryder & Thos. (s in superscript above . ) Ryder Junr. (r in superscript above .)
printed in ink below image l.c.: SHAKSPEARE. / Midsummer-Night’s Dream. / ACT IV. SCENE I. / Oberon, Queen of the Fairies, Puck, Bottom, and Fairies attending, &c. / Pub. Decr. (r in superscript above . ) 1. 1803, by J. & J. BOYDELL at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall; & at No. (o in superscript above . ) 90, Cheapside, London.
printed in ink below image l.c.l. and l.c.r.: (script of the Queen and Oberon)
Accession Number
2919-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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