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Henry Fuseli

1741–1825

Self-Portrait as a Faun. Verso: Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to Left
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Dark theatrical scene: a fairy queen, semi-nude in gauzy drapery, raises her arm over a seated man with a donkey's head, while pale spirits, sprites and elfin children crowd around them out of the gloom.

Titania and Bottom

Henry Fuseli
c.1790
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

The Debutante

Henry Fuseli
1807

Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma

Henry Fuseli
exhibited 1783
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art
Dark theatrical scene: a spectral woman in flowing white rushes forward, finger pressed to her lips, reaching towards two bloodied daggers held by a wild-eyed figure who shrinks back against a doorway in the gloom

Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers

Henry Fuseli
?exhibited 1812
A young shepherd lies asleep in darkness while a linked chain of airborne female spirits sweeps in an arc above him; a tiny winged queen and impish figures watch from the shadows at left

The Shepherd’s Dream, from ‘Paradise Lost’

Henry Fuseli
1793

Siegfried about to Deny on Oath that Brunhild Had Been his Paramour. Verso: The Figures Traced Through

Henry Fuseli
1805
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2. Caricature of Northcote

Henry Fuseli
date not known
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Self-Portrait and Anatomical Studies. Verso: Two Male Anatomical Studies

Henry Fuseli
1783
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Self-Portrait and Anatomical Studies. Verso: Two Male Anatomical Studies

Henry Fuseli
1783
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Self-Portrait as a Faun. Verso: Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to Left

Henry Fuseli
date not known
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