drawing
- Museum number
- 1979,1215.10
- Description
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Puck and Demetrius, illustration to William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's
Dream'; image and text, former consisting of a man, dressed in a tunic and with both hands on a sword running to left, trees beyond and a little elf-like figure hanging from a branch at left
Watercolour, touched with bodycolour, strengthened with gum; on brown paper
Verso: foot
Graphite
- Production date
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1869-1893 (worked circa)
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1848 (born)
- Dimensions
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Height: 242 millimetres
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Width: 185 millimetres
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- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: A Midsummer Night's Dream
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Acquisition notes
- This item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45. The British Museum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1979,1215.10
