Henry Fuseli

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Henry Fuseli

1741-1825

"He [Chaos] ceas'd; and Satan staid not to reply."

Pen and brown ink and brown, red-brown, and black washes, with red watercolor and white chalk, on paper.

15 3/16 x 19 11/16 inches (387 x 500 mm)

Gift of Miss Louise Crane in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane.

1975.43

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Milton, "Paradise Lost", II, 1010.
Sketch for painting number 11 of the Milton Gallery, now in the collection of Dr. Conrad Ulrich, Zurich.

Inscription:

Inscribed in pen and black ink at lower left, "William Blake"; at left margin in pen and brown ink, "London 81-82".
Watermark: Fleur-de-lis in shield, surmounted by crown, over a bell, (Strasbourg lily). (close to Heawood 1827). Strasbourg lily, letters "JUBB", bell.
Watermark: Countermark: Letters "LVG". Letter "V" centered on chain line, letter "L" touching chain line at far left.

Provenance:

Mrs. W. Murray Crane; by descent to Louise Crane.

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Associated names:

Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972, former owner.
Crane, Louise, former owner.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.

Bibliography:

Ryskamp, Charles, ed. Eighteenth Report to the Fellows of the Pierpont Morgan Library, 1975-1977. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1978, p. p. 264.
Gert Schiff, Johann Heinrich Füssli 1741-1825: Text und Oeuvre-katalog, Zurich-Munich, 1973, no. 1020.
Wiles, Stephanie. To Observe and Imagine : British Drawings, 1600-1900. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1998, no. 45.

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