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Spirit of the Night (1879) John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893) 🧚🏻 The painting was originally accompanied by the following quote from Percy Bysshe Shelley's poem entitled Night: Wrap thy form in mantle grey Star in wrought! Blind with thine hair the eyes of Day; Kiss her until she be wearied out. Then wonder o'er city and sea and land, Touching all with thine opiate wand - Come, long sought! It shows a fairy, dressed in a transparent veil, flying above a seaside village. In Grimshaw's typical style, the scene is lit up by the moonlight, making the fairy and her veil shimmer. AETATESOLIS