#After Henry Courtney Selous

[mermaidenmystic]

“Ariel: On the bat’s back I do fly. After summer, merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now, under the blossom that hangs on the bough."

from William Shakespeare's "The Tempest" ~ 1870 ~ illustrated by Henry Courtney Selous (English artist, 1803-1890)

[mysterious-secret-garden]

After Henry Courtney Selous - A Midsummer Night's Dream. Illustration for The Plays of William Shakespeare edited by Charles and Mary Cowden Clarke (Cassell, c 1890).

[vladtheunfollower]

'On the Bat's back I do fly after Summer, merrily ' Ariel, Act V The Tempest by William Shakespeare Illustrated by Henry Courtney Selous (1803 - 1890) British painter, illustrator and lithographer