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| Quince on seeing Bottom with the head of an Ass "O monstrous! O strange! We are haunted."Exceptionally beautiful print and some of Arthur Rackham's best work. Shakespeare's magical tale of love and fairies can have no better illustrator. From a scarce, early edition of the tale.A really lovely image - Quince, Snug, Flute, Snout and Starveling, seeing the changed Bottom (with the head of an ass) cry out in fear... "O monstrous! O strange! we are haunted. Pray, masters! fly, masters! Help!" A wonderful image of the characters scrambling over the brambles to escape the "monster" - wonderful detail and colouring… |
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