Focus on Titania and Bottom and explore the Background.
Henry Fuseli had become familiar with William Shakespeare's plays as a student in Zürich. He used them as the basis for paintings throughout his career. He became famous for his treatment of supernatural matters, which gave a special appeal to A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with plays like The Tempest, Hamlet and Macbeth.Titania and Bottom was commissioned by the publisher John Boydell for his Shakespeare Gallery. Fuseli also made a large pendant for Boydell's gallery, Titania's Awakening, which depicts a later moment from the same scene.
Titania Shakespeare Gallery Hamlet A Midsummer Night's Dream The Tempest William Shakespeare Henry Fuseli Zürich John Boydell Macbeth