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Titania: P.727-1985

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Titles

Titania
Midsummer Night's Dream
Shakespeare's Plays

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Rhodes, Richard
Draughtsman: Fuseli, Johann Heinrich

Entities

Categories

Legal notes

Allocated by H.M. Treasury through the Minister of the Arts, accepted in lieu of capital taxes

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1985-04) by Keynes, Sir Geoffrey

Dating

Production date: AD 1805

Note

Plate extracted from Shakespeare's Plays, edited by George Steevens, London: for J.C. and J. Rivington, 1805

School or Style

British

People, subjects and objects depicted

Materials used in production

Black carbon ink

Components of the work

Support composed of paper
Image Height 160 mm Width 94 mm
Sheet Height 226 mm Width 142 mm

Techniques used in production

Engraving
Etching

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: Fuseli del.
  • Location: Lower left corner
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Rhodes sculp.
  • Location: Lower right corner
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Signature
  • Text: Publish'd by F & C Rivington London.
  • Location: Lower centre
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Address

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.727-1985
Primary reference Number: 931
Bentley: 498

Audit data

Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Monday 3 August 2020

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

Citation for print

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