Henry Fuseli
1741-1825
"He [Chaos] ceas'd; and Satan staid not to reply."
15 3/16 x 19 11/16 inches (387 x 500 mm)
Pen and brown ink and brown, red-brown, and black washes, with red watercolor and white chalk, on paper.
1975.43
Gift of Miss Louise Crane in memory of her mother, Mrs. W. Murray Crane.
Notes
Milton, "Paradise Lost", II, 1010.
Sketch for painting number 11 of the Milton Gallery, now in the collection of Dr. Conrad Ulrich, Zurich.
Sketch for painting number 11 of the Milton Gallery, now in the collection of Dr. Conrad Ulrich, Zurich.
Inscriptions/Markings
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.
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.
Associated names
Crane, Josephine Boardman, 1873-1972, former owner.
Crane, Louise, former owner.
Milton, John, 1608-1674. Paradise lost.
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.
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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