<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Imps [graphic]</dc:title><dc:creator>Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist</dc:creator><dc:date>Novemr. 25, 1796.</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>A depiction, in three rows, of some 20 fanciful designs for spritely demons, ranging from the buxom to the bizarre, probably meant to mock the contemporary early-Romantic interest in 'fairy painting' by such artists as Henry Fuseli (1774-1825) and William Blake (1757-1827), especially their well-known interpretations of Shakespeares A Midsummer Night's Dream and Fuseli's highly sexualized depictions of nightmares</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched at bottom of plate.</dc:description><dc:description>Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>