print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1859,0709.1914
- Description
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Vignette of Puck sat naked on a toadstool in a glade, his arms and legs outstretched and holding a sprig of flowers in his right hand; Titania and Bottom lying amongst the trees in the background; after Reynolds (Mannings 2142); scene from Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (Act II, Scene 2); illustration to William Pickering's 'The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of Shakespeare' (1831, p.33). 1822-1828?
Engraving, printed on chine collé
- Production date
- 1822-1828 (?)
- Dimensions
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Height: 111 millimetres
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Height: 53 millimetres
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Width: 38 millimetres (image area)
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Width: 79 millimetres (sheet of chine)
- Curator's comments
- See 1849,0721.1992-2018 for comment. For another impression see 1868,0822.5432.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: The Comedies, Histories and Tragedies of Shakespeare (1831)
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Associated Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream (II, ii)
- Acquisition date
- 1859
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1859,0709.1914