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Paton, Joseph Noel, 1821â1901
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A Midsummer Night's Dream, play by William Shakespeare
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Puck (character in A Midsummer Night's Dream)
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Shakespeare, William (1564â1616), playwright and poet
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, 1979-06-05 - 1979-09-02)
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Fantastic Illustration and Design in Britain 1850-1930 (RISD Museum, 1979-03-28 - 1979-05-13)
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Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
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Shakespeare in Art (Ferrara Galleries of Modern & Contemporary Art, 2003-02-15 - 2003-06-15)
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Shakespeare on Canvas (Yale Center for British Art, 2012-01-02 - 2012-06-30)
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Joseph Noel Paton, 1821â1901
Puck and Fairies, from "A Midsummer Night's Dream"
ca. 1850
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