id: 132089
accession number: 1954.651
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"And now they never meet in grove or green," from act 2, scene 1 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare, 1908. Arthur Rackham (British, 1867–1939). Pen and black ink and watercolor with scraping and minute touches of white gouache; sheet: 38.6 x 27 cm (15 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Don Hunter 1954.651
title: "And now they never meet in grove or green," from act 2, scene 1 of A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
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creation date: 1908
creation date earliest: 1908
creation date latest: 1908
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creditline: Gift of Mrs. Don Hunter
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culture: England, 20th century
technique: pen and black ink and watercolor with scraping and minute touches of white gouache
department: Drawings
collection: DR - British
type: Drawing
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CREATORS
* Arthur Rackham (British, 1867–1939) - artist
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measurements: Sheet: 38.6 x 27 cm (15 3/16 x 10 5/8 in.)
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description: artist’s illustration board
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inscription: signed and dated, in pen and black ink, at lower right: Arthur Rackham 08
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Water Color
opening date: 1962-06-06T04:00:00
Water Color. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 6-August 27, 1962).
title: British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
opening date: 2013-02-10T00:00:00
British Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art . The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 10-May 26, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
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PROVENANCE
Mrs. Don Hunter, Albany, GA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: ?-1954
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Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
date: 1954-
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fun fact:
Arthur Rackham was one of the first book illustrators to take advantage of color halftone printing, augmenting his ink drawings with subtle washes of transparent hues.
digital description:
This drawing is one of 40 made by Arthur Rackham to illustrate William Shakespeare's comedy A Midsummer Night's Dream. It depicts the confrontation between Oberon and Titania, king and queen of the fairies, that takes place in the woods outside of Athens in act 2, scene 1. The artist painted a stormy sky looming over the magical couple to echo the story's mood. Rackham worked during a golden age of book illustration in England, around the turn of the 20th century, and the images he produced for literary works influenced future productions of Shakespeare's work.
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream: With Illustrations by Arthur Rackham, R.W.S. London: William Heinemann, 1908.
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Shakespeare, William. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Mineola, NY: Dover, 2003.
page number: Reproduced: p. 32
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Lemonedes, Heather. British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page number: Mentioned: pp. 136-37, 147, no. 47; Reproduced: p. 137
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IMAGES
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