Titiana. Thomas Francis Dicksee (English, 1819-1895).
In Shakespeare’s play A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Titiana is the queen of the fairies. Shakespeare took the name “Titania” from Ovid’s Metamorphoses, where it is an appellation given to the daughters of Titans.
Titania is a very proud and forceful creature. The marital quarrel she and Oberon are engaged in over which of them should have the keeping of an Indian changeling boy is the engine that drives the mix ups and confusion of the other characters in the play.
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