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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

TITANIA, Queen of the fairies
She tells of what she thought was a dream, where she fell in love with an ass. A fairy administers the herbs which wake Titania from her enchantment.

Oberon

Titania

Bottom

Good Fairies

PuckAn Incubus

Evil Fairies or Witches

Tiny Fairies

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