Henry Fuseli RA, Sleeping woman with a Cupid, 1780-1790.
Etching. 275 mm x 372 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Sleeping woman with a Cupid, 1780-1790
Henry Fuseli RA (1741 - 1825)
RA Collection: Art
275 mm x 372 mm
Etchings, by & from the most esteem'd English artists - [s.l.]: c.1875]
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