Enter the mischievous fairy world of Robert Huskisson’s Titania’s Elves Robbing the Squirrel’s Nest, a richly imagined Victorian fairy painting inspired by Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Huskisson exhibited a work of this title at the Royal Academy in 1854, drawing directly from Titania’s promise to send a fairy to raid the squirrel’s hidden store of nuts for Bottom.
The scene captures the strange, playful magic that made fairy painting such a fascination in the early Victorian era: tiny supernatural figures, woodland creatures, theatrical color and an almost dreamlike abundance of detail. Contemporary critics praised the composition for its “poetic taste” and the riotous delight of the elves carrying out their successful plundering expedition.
Huskisson is now remembered particularly for his fairy subjects, many of them drawn from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and his work belongs to the same broader Victorian fairy-painting tradition associated with artists including Richard Dadd, William Frost and Joseph Noel Paton.
This historic artwork has been digitally remastered at high resolution to bring out the extraordinary detail, depth and jewel-like color of the original while retaining its antique character.
A wonderfully unusual piece for fairycore, dark cottagecore, Victorian, Shakespearean or maximalist interiors, and especially striking in a library, reading nook, bedroom or eclectic gallery wall.
Perfect for: fairy art collectors • Shakespeare lovers • Victorian décor • fairycore interiors • cottagecore homes • fantasy wall art • antique art enthusiasts • woodland and folklore décor
Make a statement in any room with this framed poster, printed on thick matte paper. The matte black frame that's made from wood from renewable forests adds an extra touch of class.
• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame from renewable forests
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia
How to attach hooks on 24″ × 36″ horizontal frames:
Place each of the mounting hooks 1 inch (2.5 cm) from frame corners when hanging horizontally.
The scene captures the strange, playful magic that made fairy painting such a fascination in the early Victorian era: tiny supernatural figures, woodland creatures, theatrical color and an almost dreamlike abundance of detail. Contemporary critics praised the composition for its “poetic taste” and the riotous delight of the elves carrying out their successful plundering expedition.
Huskisson is now remembered particularly for his fairy subjects, many of them drawn from A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and his work belongs to the same broader Victorian fairy-painting tradition associated with artists including Richard Dadd, William Frost and Joseph Noel Paton.
This historic artwork has been digitally remastered at high resolution to bring out the extraordinary detail, depth and jewel-like color of the original while retaining its antique character.
A wonderfully unusual piece for fairycore, dark cottagecore, Victorian, Shakespearean or maximalist interiors, and especially striking in a library, reading nook, bedroom or eclectic gallery wall.
Perfect for: fairy art collectors • Shakespeare lovers • Victorian décor • fairycore interiors • cottagecore homes • fantasy wall art • antique art enthusiasts • woodland and folklore décor
Make a statement in any room with this framed poster, printed on thick matte paper. The matte black frame that's made from wood from renewable forests adds an extra touch of class.
• Ayous wood .75″ (1.9 cm) thick frame from renewable forests
• Paper thickness: 10.3 mil (0.26 mm)
• Paper weight: 189 g/m²
• Lightweight
• Acrylite front protector
• Hanging hardware included
• Blank product components in the US sourced from Japan and the US
• Blank product components in the EU sourced from Japan and Latvia
How to attach hooks on 24″ × 36″ horizontal frames:
Place each of the mounting hooks 1 inch (2.5 cm) from frame corners when hanging horizontally.