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Puck and the Fairies (From A Midsummer Night's Dream)

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Date:

[ca. 1873].

Reference:

R13133-86-X-E, Volume number: 3

Type of material:

Art

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

3955716

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Canadian Historical Prints and Watercolours Collection

Prints from "The Works of Shakespeare" by Charles Knight

Puck and the Fairies (From A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

[ca. 1873].

Place of creation:

No place, unknown, or undetermined

Extent:

1 print : engraving ; 38 x 28.1 cm.

Language of material:

English

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Image depicts a scene from Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream, showing the character Puck as a naked baby seated on a toadstool. Around him, small naked fairies dance hand-in-hand in a circle.
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Artist: Dadd, Richard 1817-1886

Engraver: Lizars, W.M

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
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General note:

Plate from the publication "The Works of Shakespeare", by Charles Knight, ed. (c1873).

Note on the state of conservation:

Print is dirty and water-marked. Right edge is roughened from binding.

Signatures and inscriptions note:

Recto, l.l.: R. DADD, PINX.T
Recto, l.r.: W.M. LIZARS, SCULP.T
Recto, l.c.: PUCK AND THE FAIRIES. / (MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM)

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Fairies

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Private
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Graphic (art)

[Consultation90 Open]

Volume [R13133]

[Consultation 90 Open]

3 Item no. assigned by LAC 83

[Consultation 90 Open]

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Copyright : expired
Credit : Library and Archives Canada, R13133-83

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