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Edwin Landseer - Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream

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Original – Act IV, scene I. Shakespeare's Titania is engaged in a marital quarrel with her husband Oberon. This quarrel results in a mess. Nick Bottom, the weaver, has been given the head of an donkey by Puck, who feels it is better suited to his character, while Titania is made to fall in love with this primitive, rude, crude and unpolished character.

Reason

A Midsummer Night's Dream is a comedy play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. In Great Britain from the 13th century, Midsummer was celebrated on Midsummer Eve (St. John's Eve, June 23) and St. Peter's Eve (June 28) with the lighting of bonfires, feasting and merrymaking. The play is one of Shakespeare's most popular works for the stage and is widely performed across the world.

Articles in which this image appears

A Midsummer Night's Dream; Edwin Landseer; Rabbits and hares in art

FP category for this image

Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings

Creator

Edwin Landseer

• Support as nominator – Hafspajen (talk) 22:24, 17 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support I love Landseer. We're lucky enough to have a couple of his works in the National Gallery of Scotland, and I adore them. Adam Cuerden ^(talk) 01:02, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support - Coat of Many Colours (talk) 01:29, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support - Just love it. SagaciousPhil - Chat 05:05, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support (He he he, bottom) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 05:38, 18 July 2014 (UTC)
• Support We definitely need more paintings of tiny streakers exposing themselves to donkeys. Belle (talk) 14:40, 18 July 2014 (UTC)

Promoted File:Edwin Landseer - Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom - Google Art Project.jpg --Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 22:26, 27 July 2014 (UTC)