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Exhibition

Shockingly Mad: Henry Fuseli and the Art of Drawing

Art Institute of Chicago16 Nov 2017 – 1 Apr 2018
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Milton Dictating to His Daughter

Milton Dictating to His Daughter

Henry Fuseli · 1794

Oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago

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Venus and Cupid

Venus and Cupid

John Deare · 1789

Pen and black ink on cream laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso)

Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso)

Henry Fuseli · c. 1781

Oil paint over charcoal (recto), and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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The Witches Appear to Macbeth and Banquo

The Witches Appear to Macbeth and Banquo

James Caldwall · 1798

Etching on ivory wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side

Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side

Henry Fuseli · c. 1818

Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli" (recto), Female Figure (verso)

Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli" (recto), Female Figure (verso)

Henry Fuseli · 1779–81 (recto); 1785–90 (verso)

Oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago

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Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl

Tomb with Sphinxes and an Owl

Louis Jean Desprez · 1779–84

Etching and aquatint in brown on cream laid paper

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

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

Henry Fuseli · 1783

Charcoal with stumping, and brush and black wash, over graphite, on tan laid paper, laid down on off-white Japanese paper

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Male Figure with Left Arm Raised Seen from the Back, and Fragment of Old Man

Male Figure with Left Arm Raised Seen from the Back, and Fragment of Old Man

Henry Fuseli · 1770/75

Brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache, over graphite, on cream laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper, laid down on ivory laid paper

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

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

Henry Fuseli · 1819

Graphite and brush and black wash, with touches of charcoal (recto), and graphite (verso), on cream wove paper

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Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

Self-Portrait in a Fur Cap

Joseph Wright of Derby · 1765/68

Monochrome pastel (grisaille) on blue-gray laid paper

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Portrait of a Woman (Martha Hess)

Portrait of a Woman (Martha Hess)

Henry Fuseli · 1781

Charcoal and black chalk, with stumping, heightened with white chalk and touches of red-orange pastel, on grayish-tan laid paper

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Study after Nature

Study after Nature

John Downman · 1774

Brush and brown wash, varnished, with oil paint, on ivory wove paper

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The Spirit of Knowledge

The Spirit of Knowledge

Henry Fuseli · 1798

Black chalk and brush and gray wash on ivory laid paper

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A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Henry Fuseli · 1802, published 1803

Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper

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Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from “Twelfth Night”

Viola Surviving the Shipwreck off the Coast of Illyria, from “Twelfth Night”

George Romney · c. 1776

Black chalk and charcoal on ivory laid paper, edge mounted on ivory laid paper

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Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles

Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles

Henry Fuseli · 1780

Brush and brown and brownish-red wash, over graphite, on cream laid paper

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Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Chryses Imploring the Help of Apollo, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel · 1765/66

Black chalk on off-white laid paper, tipped onto wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Bacchus Feeding a Panther

Bacchus Feeding a Panther

John Deare · 1792

Marble

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Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)

Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)

Henry Fuseli · 1770–78

Oil on canvas

Art Institute of Chicago

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Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Angel of the Resurrection, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Benjamin West · 1801, published 1803

Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in brown on cream wove paper

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Prospero, Miranda, and Caliban, from The Tempest

Prospero, Miranda, and Caliban, from The Tempest

George Romney · c. 1786

Graphite on ivory laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

Eastern Patriarch, from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography

James Barry · 1803

Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper

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Odin in the Underworld

Odin in the Underworld

Henry Fuseli · 1770/72

Brush and gray wash and graphite, with touches of pen and brown ink and red chalk, on cream laid paper

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Sleeping Woman with a Cupid

Sleeping Woman with a Cupid

Henry Fuseli · 1780/90

Etching in red-brown on ivory laid paper

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Figure of a Woman

Figure of a Woman

George Romney · c. 1776

Brush and brown ink on cream laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions

Nude Male Figures Bearing the Bodies of their Dead Companions

James Jefferys · c. 1779

Pen and black ink and brush and reddish-brown wash on cream laid paper

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Sketchbook

Sketchbook

George Romney · 1793/94

Book with eleven graphite drawings on cream wove paper, bound in colored marble paperboard cover with brown leather spine and gold stamps

Art Institute of Chicago

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Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower

Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower

Henry Fuseli · 1806

Pen and black ink and brush and black, gray, and red wash, over traces of graphite, on grayish-ivory laid paper

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

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

Henry Fuseli · 1770–71

Graphite, with brush and gray wash, on cream laid paper (left sheet); graphite, pen and black ink, and brush and reddish-gray wash, on ivory laid paper (right sheet), joined and laid down on ivory Japanese paper, edge mounted on cream card

Art Institute of Chicago

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Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons

Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons

Henry Fuseli · c. 1816

Oil and oil wash, over graphite and with touches of pen and black ink, on tan laid paper, laid down on off-white Japanese paper

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Urizen

Urizen

William Blake · 1794

Monotype, with pen and brown and gray inks and watercolor, on cream wove paper

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Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad

Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad

Henry Fuseli · c. 1806

Oil paint, over touches of graphite, on cream wove paper, laid down on stipple etching, etching, and aquatint in black on cream wove paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Achilles Restrained by Athena in Agamemnon's Tent, from Iliad, Book I

Johan Tobias Sergel · 1765/66

Black chalk on cream laid paper

Art Institute of Chicago

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