ATTRIBUTED TO LOUDON SAINTHILL (AUSTRALIAN 1919-1969)
The masque of Iris, (a pair) original artworks for the Tempest, Stratford 1951
one inscribed (upper left)
each pen and ink, coloured crayon, heightened with white on buffer paper
"Our revels now are ended. These our actors,
As I foretold you, were all spirits, and
Are melted into air, into thin air;
And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,
The cloud-capped towers, the gorgeous palaces,
The solemn temples, the great globe itself,
Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve;
And, like this insubstantial pageant faded,
Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuff
As dreams are made on, and our little life
Is rounded with a sleep". (IV.i.148–158)
48 x 60 cm each, (2)