A Midsummer Night's Dream (Shakespeare, Act 4, Scene 1)

A woman with flowers in her hair reclines on the grass and offers a blossom to a man whose head is a donkey's, while a tiny winged fairy stands in the foreground. Fairies peek from the foliage, and a group of white rabbits sits at the right in this dark, finely toned mezzotint.

Look closer: A small winged face peeks out from the foliage at the upper left.

Artist

Sir Edwin Henry Landseer

Date

November , 1857

Medium

Mixed method engraving with mezzotint on chine collé; second state of three

Source

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Size

4000 × 2574 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1947