Signed with monogram and dated 1882 (lower left),

also inscribed on a label (on the back of the stretcher) ‘Sir Noel Paton R.S.A., LL.D., H.M. Limner for Scotland, Puck and the Fairy, “Puck. How now spirit? Whither wander you?” Midsummer Night's Dream, Act 2, Scene I, No. 1’

Oil on canvas

23 ¾ x 23 ¾ in. (60.5 x 60.5 cm.)

35 x 35 in. (89 x 89 cm.) (framed)

In the original gilt frame designed by the artist and made up by Doig

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Exhibited​

Royal Scottish Academy, 1883, no. 299.

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£48,000