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Henry Fuseli

(1741-1825), Painter

Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry

Sitter in 11 portraits
Artist associated with 3 portraits
Swiss clergyman Fuseli came to London in 1764, working as a translator and book illustrator. Encouraged by Reynolds to take up painting, he studied in Rome and upon his return in 1779, began exhibiting works of great psychological complexity, power and imagination, the most menacing being The Nightmare. He became professor of Painting (1799-1805), and then Keeper (1804-25) at the Royal Academy, teaching a generation of artists, including Constable, Haydon and Lawrence. His inclination towards the fantastic, depicted in his heroic, literary and historic themed works was given scope in his paintings for Bouydell's Shakespeare Gallery and his own Milton Gallery.

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Henry Fuseli, by Edward Hodges Baily - NPG 6376

Henry Fuseli

by Edward Hodges Baily
marble bust, 1824
On display in Room 17 on Floor 3 at the National Portrait Gallery
NPG 6376

Henry Fuseli, by J.H. Lips - NPG D2643

Henry Fuseli

by J.H. Lips
stipple and line engraving, published 1779
NPG D2643

Henry Fuseli, by William Daniell, after  George Dance - NPG D38446

Henry Fuseli

by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (2 June 1793)
NPG D38446

Henry Fuseli, by William Daniell, after  George Dance - NPG D14056

Henry Fuseli

by William Daniell, after George Dance
soft-ground etching, (2 June 1793)
NPG D14056

Royal Academicians, by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after  Henry Singleton - NPG D10716

Royal Academicians

by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
NPG D10716

Key to Royal Academicians, by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after  Henry Singleton - NPG D36021

Key to Royal Academicians

by Charles (Cantelowe, Cantlo) Bestland, after Henry Singleton
stipple engraving, published 1802 (1795)
NPG D36021

Henry Fuseli, by W. Brown - NPG D38447

Henry Fuseli

by W. Brown
soft-ground etching, 1820-1825
NPG D38447

Henry Fuseli, by James Thomson (Thompson), after  Edward Hodges Baily - NPG D4934

Henry Fuseli

by James Thomson (Thompson), after Edward Hodges Baily
stipple engraving, published 1825
NPG D4934

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