Title: A midsummer night’s dream. [graphic] / Painted by Sir Edwin Landseer R.A. Engd. by John Sartain, Phila.

Author-Creator: Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873,

Date: 1860

Call Number: Annuals C Ecle 1860 plate

Keywords: Annuals, Books, Women -- Pictorial works., Fictitious characters -- Pictorial works. Intaglio prints., Book illustrations., Literary Prints. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night’s dream.

Notes: This plate appears facing p. 153 in vol. 1 of Eclectic gift book for the holidays, New York, 1860. Accompanies "Midsummer night’s dream" on p. 296. [click to view page]

Subject: Scene from William Shakespeare’s A midsummer night’s dream. Bottom, with the head of a jackass, is seen sitting barefoot on the ground. Titania sits beside him and leans against his chest and holds a flower in her proper left hand. A small nude elf stands in front of Bottom and looks up to him and two small angels or fairies are seen riding rabbits at left. "See explanation page 296."

Related Names: Sartain, John, 1808-1897, engraver.