Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), Painter
Sitter in 11 portraits
Artist associated with 3 portraits
The Swiss artist Fuseli was a painter of heroic, literary and surreal themes who first came to London in 1764. After studying in Rome from 1770 to 1779, he began to exhibit works of great psychological complexity and power, the most menacing being The Nightmare. Despite his radical politics, he became professor of Painting (1799-1805) and then Keeper (1804-25) at the Royal Academy, where he taught a whole generation of artists, including Constable, Haydon and Lawrence. His inclination towards the fantastic was given scope in his paintings for Bouydell's Shakespeare Gallery and his own Milton Gallery.
by James Northcote
oil on canvas, feigned incomplete oval, 1778
NPG 5469
by John Opie
oil on canvas, feigned oval, exhibited 1794
NPG 744
Joseph Mallord William Turner; Henry Fuseli
by Thomas Cooley
pencil, 1810
NPG 4913a
by Edward Hodges Baily
marble bust, 1824
On display in Room 18 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6376
by J.H. Lips
stipple and line engraving, published 1779
NPG D2643
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (2 June 1793)
NPG D14056
by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
NPG D10716
by Charles Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
NPG D36021
by James Thomson (Thompson), after Edward Hodges Baily
stipple engraving, published 1825
NPG D4934
by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (2 June 1793)
NPG D38446
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