Puck from A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare (after Sir Joshua Reynolds)
Charles Heath the elder (1785 - London 1848)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1827
Materials
Paper
Measurements
472 x 340 mm
Collection
Nunnington Hall, North Yorkshire
NT 979861
Summary
Print, mezzotint, Puck from A Midsummer's Night Dream by William Shakespeare (after Sir Joshua Reynolds) by Charles Heath the elder (1785 - London 1848). Published 1827. A portrait of Puck from Midsummers Night Dream. A childlike depiction of Puck seated on a toadstool with a bunch of flowers in his right hand, set in a forest scene and a sleeping character in the background.
Marks and inscriptions
THY/D/143 (former inventory number, on reverse)
Makers and roles
Charles Heath the elder (1785 - London 1848), engraver (printmaker) after Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (Plympton 1723 - London 1792), artist Robert Jennings (fl.1811 - 1851), engraver and publisher