Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on)
Title:
Study for 'Finding of the Body of Bassanio'
Date:
1804
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and brown ink, graphite and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/8 x 8 inches (30.8 x 20.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on verso in brown ink, lower right: "Mon cher George | Cela avais la petit present de Votre Tante | vous cher Transmit"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5021
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
bodies | men | literary theme | figure study | stones | nudes | caves | death | plays by William Shakespeare
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Shakespeare in Western Art (Isetan Museum of Art, 1992-10-29 - 1992-11-24)Shakespeare in Western Art (Museum of Modern Art, Ibaraki, 1992-11-28 - 1992-12-23)Shakespeare in Western Art (Kintetsu Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-02)Shakespeare in Western Art (Takamatsu City Museum of Art, 1993-01-09 - 1993-02-08)Shakespeare and British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-04-23 - 1981-07-05)
Publications:
Geoffrey Ashton, Shakespeare and British Art, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1981, pp. 18-9, 104, no. 48, PR2933 Y25 A74 c.1 (YCBA)