Keywords: Edwin Landseer - Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Titania and Bottom - Google Art Project.jpg Assessments 1 File Edwin Landseer - Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania and Bottom - Google Art Project jpg Google Art Project Q18162195 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 scene-from-a-midsummer-nights-dream-titania-and-bottom-edwin-landseer Scene from A Midsummer Night's Dream Titania and Bottom s 1330 oil on canvas 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 special url_id qAFcRhWcRy2Zeg PD-old-100-1923 1873 Paintings by Edwin Landseer Google Art Project works by Edwin Landseer Titania Scenes from Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream Bottom Shakespearian character |