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Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825

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  • Female and male hands (above and below respectively). Drawing after H. Fuseli, c. 1793.
  • Death looms above a group of people inflicted with various physical and mental diseases - a lazar house. Stipple engraving by M. Haughton, 1813, after H. Fuseli.
  • Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches on a heath; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Painting after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).
  • Essays on physiognomy; designed to promote the knowledge and the love of mankind / ... Illustrated by more than eight hundred engravings accurately copied; and some duplicates added from originals. Executed by, or under the inspection of Thomas Holloway. Translated from the French by Henry Hunter.
  • Muscles and bones of the leg; thoughts on woman. Drawing and inscription by H. Fuseli, 18-.
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    An episode in Macbeth by William Shakespeare: the three witches. Mezzotint by J.R. Smith, 1785, after H. Fuseli, 1783.

    Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825. | Date: 10 March 1785 | Reference: 576077i
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    John Bull has a nightmare about income tax represented by Sir Robert Peel sitting on his chest surrounded by donkeys (asses). Coloured lithograph by H.B. (John Doyle), 1842.

    Doyle, John, 1797-1868. | Date: 23 April 1842 | Reference: 37122i
    Part of: HB sketches
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    Macbeth and Banquo meet the three witches on a heath; scene from Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. Painting after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

    Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825. | Reference: 40971i
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    The gates of Eden open to expel Adam and Eve, who stand caught in a terrified embrace. Aquatint by M. Haughton, 1805 after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).

    Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825. | Date: 20 July 1805 | Reference: 20349i
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    Aphorisms on man: / translated by the Rev. John Caspar Lavater, citizen of Zuric, from the original manuscript [of 'Vermischte unphysiognomische Regeln', vol. 1, by Henry Fuseli, i.e. J.H. Fuessli].

    Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801. | Date: MDCCLXXXVIII [1788]
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