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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
detail from: Henry Fuseli, Titania Awakening (Titanias Erwachen), 1785-1790

BOTTOM, the weaver, sleeps
The ass’s head he had been wearing has been removed, and can be seen at the top of the picture.

Oberon

Titania

Bottom

Good Fairies

PuckAn Incubus

Evil Fairies or Witches

Tiny Fairies

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