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Quarrel of Oberon and Titania[edit]

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OriginalLewis Carroll was enthralled by this painting - he counted 165 fairies in it! Every time you look at it, you find extra details
Reason
High quality image by a Scottish pre-Raphaelite artist, Joseph Noel Paton, on display in the Scottish National Gallery, depicting a scene from the well known Shakespeare comedy, A Midsummer Night's Dream; just teeming with beautiful fairies - what more could you ask for?
Articles in which this image appears
The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania (brand new article still very much being developed); A Midsummer Night's Dream; Joseph Noel Paton; Scottish National Gallery plus 5 others.
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Artwork/Paintings
Creator
Joseph Noel Paton
  • Support as nominatorSagaciousPhil - Chat 14:19, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Always nice to see good digitizations of such artworks. Brandmeistertalk 15:14, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Lovely, good scan and well used. (nää, they are 168, he missed some behing the tree) Hafspajen (talk) 15:35, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support --Damn good painting..The Herald 15:37, 20 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support - Very interesting (though my wife was looking over my shoulder and complaining about the lack of clothes) — Crisco 1492 (talk) 00:13, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Fairies don't wear much clothes.Hafspajen (talk) 00:17, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Put some clothes on then, Crisco. BencherliteTalk 00:47, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Hafspajen (talk) 01:06, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
I told her that fairies don't wear clothes. She said "What about those two, in the armor? Me, Bencherlite? I wear clothes even when I don't. — Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:57, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Anyway, this is one of the most terrible and most amazing painting I have ever seen in my life. Even Mona Lisa fails (When I saw it in Louvre, I was dumbstruck). I too want them to be clad, but Paton don't want that. Plus, it took me more than an hour to count the fairies (I got 124 fist, then 132, 145, 101 and then finally 142 and I left!!). Better not to be a critic and counter. Can any of you could count and beat Carol?? --The Herald 15:09, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
110, 111, 112 ... ... drat ... 1, 2, SagaciousPhil - Chat 16:01, 21 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support If only I could see paintings like this in my local, free gallery. Oh, wait, I can! Adam Cuerden (talk) 17:32, 26 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Yann (talk) 14:14, 27 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Sir Joseph Noel Paton - The Quarrel of Oberon and Titania - Google Art Project 2.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 14:20, 30 November 2014 (UTC)[reply]