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Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)

A work made of black chalk (recto), and black and white chalk on gray prepared ground (verso), on tan wove paper.
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  • A work made of black chalk (recto), and black and white chalk on gray prepared ground (verso), on tan wove paper.

Date:

1761/1825 (recto); 1770/80 (verso)

Artist:

Attributed to Henry Fuseli
Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Prints and Drawings

Artist

Henry Fuseli

Title

Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)

Place

England (Artist's nationality:)

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Artist's working dates 1761–1825

Medium

Black chalk (recto), and black and white chalk on gray prepared ground (verso), on tan wove paper

Dimensions

40.5 × 28.8 cm (16 × 11 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection

Reference Number

1922.5565

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