Evening Thou Bringest All

19th century

Not on view

This ink drawing is a copy of a Fuseli lithograph, the latter published in "Specimens of Polyautography, consisting of impressions taken from Original Drawings made on stone, purposely for this work" (1802–6). A woman sits on a daybed or divan by a window and pulls back the curtain to look out. The image relates to a drawing at Dresden and painting in the Goethe Museum at Frankfurt.

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Title: Evening Thou Bringest All
Artist: After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
Date: 19th century
Medium: Pen and ink drawing (imitating a lithograph), on beige watercolor mount
Dimensions: Sheet: 8 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (22.5 x 31.8 cm)
Classification: Drawings
Credit Line: Purchase, Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, by exchange, 1928
Object Number: 28.15.1(11)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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