Oil paint on canvas
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Tom Hayley as Robin Goodfellow
Bequeathed by Mrs Arthur James 1948
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’
boy
characters
children
fairy
Hayley, Thomas
individuals: male
literature and fiction
magic and occultism
named individuals
objects
people
portraits
Puck
religion and belief
religious and ceremonial
Shakespeare
wreath
<p>In <span>A Midsummer Nights Dream</span>, Puck circles the earth in 40 minutes to fetch a love potion for Oberon. His story is one of the origins of the idea of fairy flight.The sitter for this Puck (who also goes by the name Robin Goodfellow) is Tom Hayley, a young sculptor.</p><p><em>Gallery label, October 2020</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
31 March 2007 – 10 June 2007
2007-06-10
31 March 2007 – 10 June 2007
2007-06-10
2007-03-31
Pallant House Gallery (Chichester, UK)
2007-03-31
Poets in the Landscape: The Romantic Spirit in British Art
Loan-out
13 June 2009 – 6 September 2009
2009-09-06
13 June 2009 – 6 September 2009
2009-09-06
2009-06-13
Harris Museum, Art Gallery & Library (Preston, UK)
http://www.preston.gov.uk/Category.asp?cat=126
2009-06-13
Fairytale Aesthetic
Loan-out
11 September 2019 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
11 September 2019 – 16 February 2020
2020-02-16
2019-09-11
Musée du Luxembourg (Paris, France)
29 February 2020 – 31 May 2020
2020-05-31
2020-02-29
External
2019-09-11
Gainsborough to Turner: The Golden Age of English Painting
Loan-out
12 October 2020 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
12 October 2020 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
2020-10-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2020-10-12
Fairy Painting
Collection based display
29 October 2024 – 30 September 2025
2025-09-30
30 October 2024 – 2 February 2025
2025-02-02
2024-10-30
Reggia di Venaria Reale (Turin, Italy)
1 September 2025 – 31 January 2026
2026-01-31
2025-09-01
Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest, Hungary)
1 March 2026 – 31 August 2026
2026-08-31
2026-03-01
External
2024-10-29
William Blake and the Age of Romantic Fantasy: British Art & Imagination
Loan-out
Tom Hayley as Robin Goodfellow
support: 756 × 635 mm
frame: 926 × 795 × 90 mm
Bequeathed by Mrs Arthur James 1948
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<p>In <i>A Midsummer Nights Dream</i>, Puck circles the earth in 40 minutes to fetch a love potion for Oberon. His story is one of the origins of the idea of fairy flight.<br/>The sitter for this Puck (who also goes by the name Robin Goodfellow) is Tom Hayley, a young sculptor.</p>
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‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ boy characters children fairy Hayley, Thomas individuals: male literature and fiction magic and occultism named individuals objects people portraits Puck religion and belief religious and ceremonial Shakespeare wreath