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William Blake

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		Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing, ca.1785 William Blake (British, 1757–1827) Watercolor over graphite on paper; 18 3/4 x 26 5/8 in. (47.5 x 67.5 cm) A Midsummer Night's Dream 5.1: 385–416 Tate; presented by Alfred A. de Pass in memory of his wife Ethel, 1910 Description

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Although Blake admired Shakespeare as greatly as he did Milton and Michelangelo, he illustrated few of his works. (The best known is the large color print Pity, also on display in this exhibition.) This elegant, luminous design shows the final scene in A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which the king and queen of fairies observe the whirling dance of their train, driven by the rhythm of Puck's clicking bones.

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