print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1863,0509.36
- Title
- Object: The Power of Fancy in Dreams
- Description
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A veiled woman reclining at left, holding her arms up in exultation at two angels appearing in the bedroom, while a sleeping woman sits in the left foreground; after a drawing by Fuseli (Schiff 1423), illustration to Darwin's 'The Temple of Nature'; a touched working proof. 1803
Stipple
- Production date
- 1803
- Dimensions
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Height: 253 millimetres
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Width: 190 millimetres (sheet)
- Curator's comments
- One of two touched proofs in the BM, neither of which is remarked on by Weinglass. For the other see 1902,0415.2. The touching on this impression is in graphite and very extensive (though not visible in reproduction). Whether it is by Haughton or Fuseli is not obvious.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The Temple of Nature (Canto IV, 201-204)
- Acquisition date
- 1863
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1863,0509.36