Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso) — Henry Fuseli. Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso), c. 1781. The Art Institute of Chicago. Public domain (CC0).

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Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso)

by Henry Fuseli

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Artist: Henry Fuseli / Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825
Date: c. 1781
Medium: Oil paint over charcoal (recto), and black chalk (verso), on ivory laid paper
Dimensions: 53.9 × 37.2 cm (21 1/4 × 14 11/16 in.)
Type: Drawing
Classification: oil on paper
Place: England
Department: Prints and Drawings
Credit line: The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection
Accession no.: 1980.1089

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