Bottom the weaver
from William Shakespeare's Play A Midsummer Night's Dream



Banner from the web site of the 1999 movie, starring Kevin Kline as Bottom the weaver. [more ...]


Bottom in the famous picture by Johann Heinrich Füssli (Henry Füseli)
While a native of Zurich (b. 1741), Füssli worked in London (d. 1825). After several years' study of Michelangelo in Italy, he developed an imaginative and grotesque painting style taking subjects from various literary works. [more ...]