A Midsummer Night's Dream: A Wood with Titania, Queen of the Fairies, Bottom, Fairies.

This Boydell print shows the transforming impact of Shakespeare's M. N. Dream on the dawning Romantic imagination. The extravagance and overt sexuality have become characteristic of many "advanced" modern productions, under the influence of critics such as Jan Kott. Painter: Hans-Heinrich Fuessli; engraver: Peter Simon; published Sept. 29. 1796 by J. & J. Boydell at the Shakespeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London. 1796. Furness Image Collection.