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Gothic NightmaresFuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination, 15 February - 1 May 2006
Gothic Nightmares

Works in Focus: Titania Awakening

The Nightmare·Titania and Bottom·Titania Awakening·Satan Starting from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear
Henry Fuseli, Titania Awakening (Titanias Erwachen), 1785-1790
Henry Fuseli
Titania Awakening (Titanias Erwachen) 1785-1790
Oil on canvas, 2220 x 2800 mm
Lent by the Kunstmuseum, Winterthur. Presented by George Reinhart, 1946
Oberon Evil Fairies Good Fairies Puck Titania Incubus Tiny Fairies Bottom

This is Fuseli’s second painting of Titania and Bottom from Shakespeare’s Midsummer Night’s Dream (1595-6). Many of the fanciful creatures from the first picture re-appear here.

Oberon

Titania

Bottom

Good Fairies

PuckAn Incubus

Evil Fairies or Witches

Tiny Fairies

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