Bless thee, Bottom, bless thee, thou art translated. Shakespere [sic] [graphic].Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker[1 January 1794]eng"Bottom sits in an arm-chair directed to the left, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a piece of charcoal in a holder, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. On the left stands a man looking over Bottom's shoulder, his fists clenched. Behind (right) two students (seated) draw from the antique, a nude male statue on a pedestal just above the level of their heads."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from caption below image, a line from a speech by the character Quince, from Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream, iii.1.121.Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.Six lines of verse below title: "W_hen Phidias or Raph'el shall chuse to repair, I_ncog to our fine modern Artists' fam'd School, L_ost in wonder to see stuck in Genius's Chair T_he Block which now fills it) a formal old Fool. O_ ff again with this sneering Remark they will go, N_o marvel your Pupils old Friend are so so". JP."Initial letters of each line form word 'Wilton.'