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Bottom the weaver George Cruikshank.

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Folger copy	ART Box C955 no.54 (size S)
Creator	Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, artist.
Title	Bottom the weaver George Cruikshank.
Other title(s)	Folger card catalog title: Midsummer night's dream, Bottom the weaver
Date	[19th century]
Physical description	1 drawing : pen and ink ; image 6 1/2 x 4 in., on sheet 19 1/4 x 14 in.
Notes	Title derived from penned note beneath image. – On the verso is a ms. letter which is dated Aug.9 1851 (or 1857, the top of the paper being cut off). – History: The only item pertaining to Midsummer Night's Dream listed in the Reid Catalogue of Cruikshank's Work is a woodcut, no.3564, which was designed by Cruikshank and engraved by T. Wright. The woodcut is a vignette and Reid notes that it was executed by Wright as a specimen of his craft, but never published. FSL has a copy of the woodcut (ART Vol. c87, no.15a) and this sketch may have been a preliminary design for the vignette. It is also possible that this was a preliminary sketch for a picture from MSND which Cruikshank exhibited at RA in 1853. – Provenance: This item, along with ART Box C955 no.55 and 56, was purchased from the sale of the collection of Samuel Henry Austin, held by the American Art Association, April 23-24, 1917. According to the catalog of the sale the item was originally part of a bound volume of Cruikshank drawings, formerly owned by John B. Gough and purchased, by Austin, from the collection of C.D. Borden. Drawings were no.353, 362, 366 in the catalog of the Austin collection. – Subject: Depicts Bottom seated on the ground. – This record contains unverified data from old cards and may contain incorrect or incomplete text. Please consult Curator for assistance.
Subject	Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream, depicted. Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 – Characters – Bottom, depicted. Bottom (Fictitious character), depicted.
Genre - Form	Drawings – 19th century.
Associated name	Austin, Samuel Henry, 1846?-1916, former owner. Borden, C. D., former owner. Gough, John B. (John Bartholomew), 1817-1886, former owner
OCLC number	662732627