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Summary
Edwin Landseer: Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q328369 Details on Google Art Project |
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Title |
Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom title QS:P1476,en:"Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom"
label QS:Len,"Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom" |
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Object type |
painting object_type QS:P31,Q3305213 |
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Description |
English: This Edwin Landseer painting was commissioned by the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel to hang on his dining room wall as part of a series of Shakespeare-themed works. The painting, its subject likely selected by Landseer for its close ties to animals, was popular from its first exhibition; a young Victoria (future Queen of England) described it as "a gem, beautifully fairy-like and graceful". (Source: Google Art description) |
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Date |
between 1848 and 1851 date QS:P571,+1850-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1848-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1851-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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Medium |
oil on canvas medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 oil on canvasmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q12321255,P518,Q861259 |
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Dimensions |
height: 820 mm (32.28 in); width: 1,330 mm (52.36 in) dimensions QS:P2048,820U174789 dimensions QS:P2049,1330U174789 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q1464509 |
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Accession number |
4658-3 |
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Object history |
English: Commissioned by Isambard Kingdom Brunel Esq. (1806–59), London, 1850 (for his Shakespeare Room); exhibited Royal Academy, London, 1851, no. 157; included in the Brunel estate sale, Christie's London, 20 April 1860, no. 223; from where purchased by Lord Robert Pelham-Clinton (1820–67), North Nottinghamshire; his collection 1860–67; collection of Adelbert Wellington Brownlow-Cust (1844–1921), 3rd Earl Brownlow, London, Belton, Lincolnshire and Ashridge House, Berkamsted, by 1873– c. 1886; exhibited Winter exhibtion of works by Landseer, Royal Academy, London, 1874, no. 236, owner Earl Brownlow; from whom acquired by Sir William Cuthbert Quilter (1841–1911), 1st Baronet, Bawdsey Manor, Suffolk; his collection until 1909; included in a Christie's sale, London, 9 July 1909; from where purchased by Henry (Heinz) Lowenfeld (d. 1931, Paris); Lowenfeld collection, London, 1931; offered for purchase by Mrs Henry Lowenfeld (widow), from whom acquired, on the advice of Randall Davies, for the Felton Bequest, 1932. |
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Exhibition history | Royal Academy summer exhibition, Trafalgar Square, 1851 , cat. no. 157 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Notes | More info at museum site | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source/Photographer | qAFcRhWcRy2Zeg at Google Cultural Institute maximum zoom level |
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