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Fuessli und Bodmer (Fuseli and Bodmer in Conversation)

Engraver Johann Heinrich Lips Swiss
After Henry Fuseli Swiss
Sitter Henry Fuseli Swiss
1806
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Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Fuessli und Bodmer (Fuseli and Bodmer in Conversation)
  • Series/Portfolio: Heinrich Fuessli's Sämmtliche Werke, 1807
  • Engraver: Johann Heinrich Lips (Swiss, Kloten 1758–1817 Zurich)
  • Artist: After Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
  • Sitter: Henry Fuseli (Swiss, Zürich 1741–1825 London)
  • Date: 1806
  • Medium: Outline engraving and etching
  • Dimensions: Plate: 12 5/8 × 9 15/16 in. (32 × 25.2 cm)
    Sheet: 19 3/16 × 13 9/16 in. (48.8 × 34.5 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Jenny Philippsohn, in memory of Siegfried Philippsohn, 1955
  • Object Number: 55.526.3
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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