Artist Johann Heinrich Fussli
Title The Tempest, Act I, Scene II, The Enchanted Island: Before the Cell of Prospero
Media etching on paper
Dated 1797
Size 17 x 23 x 1 in. / 43.2 x 58.4 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed title and inscription 'painted by H.Fuseli, R.A.: engraved by I.P.Simon' along bottom; archival mat

Reference
published by J&J Boydell and included his 1803 folio A Collection of Prints from Pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare by the Artists of Great Britain; see also Plate IV in The Boydell Shakespeare Prints published by Arno Press, NY

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Johann Heinrich Fussli
Title A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act IV, Scene I
Media etching on paper
Dated 1803
Size 17 x 23.5 x 1 in. / 43.2 x 59.7 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
printed title and inscription 'painted by Henry Fuseli, R.A.: engraved by Thos. Ryder and Thos. Ryder Jr.' along bottom; archival mat

Reference
published by J&J Boydell and included his 1803 folio A Collection of Prints from Pictures painted for the purpose of illustrating the dramatic works of Shakespeare by the Artists of Great Britain; see also Plate XXI in The Boydell Shakespeare Prints published by Arno Press, NY

Estimate CAD$300-$400

Artist Johann Heinrich Fussli
Title Untitled - Two Figures in an Embrace
Media ink wash on paper
Size 4.5 x 3.5 x 1 in. / 11.4 x 8.9 x 2.5 cm.

Notes
unsigned

Reference
exhibited in The Art of Line - Art and Purpose in Drawing, Confederation Centre Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, April, 1982, cat.#12 which travelled to the N.G.C. later that year, label verso

Provenance
ex-collection Dr. Moncrieff Williamson, purchased in 1949 from E.Bear, London
Estimate CAD$2,000-$3,000