Queen Mab's Cave
after 1846
Joseph Mallord William Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851)
Modern European Painting and Sculpture
Queen Mab's Cave, after 1846. Imitator of Joseph Mallord William Turner (British, 1775–1851). Oil on fabric; unframed: 73 x 89.5 cm (28 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade 1916.1036 Queen Mab is a miniature fairy from English folklore who inspires dreams and plays pranks on people during the night. Shakespeare refers to her in both Romeo and Juliet and A Midsummer Night’s Dream,
- Maker/Artist
- Turner, Joseph Mallord William
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on fabric
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 73 x 89.5 cm (28 3/4 x 35 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Modern European Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1916.1036
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Wade
- Exhibitions
- The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition, Cleveland, Kinney and Levan Building. Illustrated Catalogue of the Cleveland Art Loan Exposition under the Auspices of the Cleveland School of Art (1913), no. 170b, Turner, lent by J. H. Wade. <br>cma. Catalogue of the Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition of the Cleveland Museum of Art (1936), no. 250, Turner, pl. lx.<br>Kansas City, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art. Exhibition of English Eighteenth Century Paintings (1937), Turner, no cat. <br>Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute. A Survey of British Paintings (1938), no. 50, Turner. <br>New York, Brooklyn Museum. Landscape; An Exhibition of Paintings (1945-46), no. 41, Turner.<br>Art Gallery of Toronto; Ottawa, National Gallery of Canada. An Exhibition of Paintings by J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), no. 14.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
