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Henry Fuseli

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Pen and wash drawing of two winged angels flying, one striking a crouching figure below with a spear, rocky landscape and a l

Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear

1776

Sepia drawing of a nude man standing by a bed with a reclining veiled woman, a hooded watcher, and cherubs behind.

The Discovery (recto), Two Sketches of Standing Male Figures (verso)

1767/69

Brown wash drawing of a nude man lurking in an archway beside a funeral scene with a woman raising her arm.

The Duke of Gloucester Lying in Wait for Lady Anne at the Funeral Procession of Her Father-in-law, King Henry VI (rec…

1760/67

Pencil and wash drawing of a ghostly figure, a nude man, a fleeing woman and dogs in a dark forest.

Theodore Meets in the Wood the Specter of His Ancestor Guido Cavalcanti, Chasing with Mastiffs His Former Disdainful…

1783

Pencil studies on two torn paper strips: a draped cloth at top left and a reclining figure resting its head on an arm.

Studies of Nudes

n.d.

Sketch of three skeletons in shrouds looming over a chaotic bacchanal of writhing figures, drawn in pencil and wash.

Triumph of Death: Three Skeletons Invading a Bacchanal Orchestrated by a Magician or an Evil Demon

1770-71

Pencil and wash drawing of a hooded seated figure in an arched niche, with a kneeling reader and a standing nude figure besid

The Spirit of Knowledge

1798

Grey wash drawing of a winged figure lifting a limp male body while a draped woman reaches out, with sleeping figures nearby.

Aided by Eeriboia, Hermes Carries Off the Exhausted Ares from the Sleeping Sons of Aloeus (recto); Sketch of One of t…

1819

Gray wash drawing of a sleeping shepherd below swirling winged female figures and cherubs among tree trunks.

The Shepherd's Dream

1786

Pen and wash drawing of muscular armored giants climbing a rocky cliff, with a nude figure at center and a seated figure abov

Titans Storming Mount Olympus

c. 1770-72

Brown wash drawing of a cave with a nude figure lying wounded, an old man beside him, and a knight and woman on a ledge.

The Cave of Despair

c. 1769

Brown wash drawing of a dead warrior on a shore, mourned by a draped woman in a rock niche, with a winged figure above.

Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles

1780

Brown wash drawing of two men in a cave gesturing toward a winged vision descending from the upper right.

Vision zweier Männer in einer Grotte

Pencil sketch of a large curved arch with faint ruins and scribbled landscape on pale paper.

Antique arch architecture