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(STEWART, DOROTHY NEWKIRK.) Shakespeare, William. A Midsommer Night's Dream. Abridged and illustrated throughout in multi-color woodcut illustrations by Stewart. 4to, woodcut illustrated and titled band attached to flexible blue cloth, extremities a little rubbbed, few minor scuffs; illustrated endleaves. Printed at the Pictograph Press on Japanese paper. number 26 of 117 copies initialed by stewart and additionally inscribed by her in pink ink. Santa Fe, 1953
Each page illustrates the immediate dialogue from the text, with smaller scenes in the background depicting the supporting text. Stewart was a painter, muralist, and printmaker based in Santa Fe though she ws born to an affluent Philadelphia family and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts. An interesting addition to any illustrated Shakespeare collection.
