Henry Fuseli RA, Prospero summons Ariel: a scene from Shakespeare's Tempest, 1 January 1803.
Etching with engraving. 158 mm x 87 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London.
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Prospero summons Ariel: a scene from Shakespeare's Tempest, 1 January 1803
Henry Fuseli RA (1741 - 1825)
RA Collection: Art
158 mm x 87 mm
The Plays Of William Shakspeare, Accurately printed from the Text of the corrected copy left by the late George Steevens, Esq. With A Series Of Engravings, From Original Designs Of Henry Fuseli, Esq. R.A. Professor Of Painting: And A Selection Of Explanatory And Historical Notes, From the most eminent Commentators; A History of the Stage, a Life of Shakspeare, &c. By Alexander Chalmers, A.M. - In Ten Volumes. - Volume I. ... (- Volume X. ...) - London:: 1805.
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