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Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on), Woman Reading, Seated Before a Window, 1805
- Title:
- Woman Reading, Seated Before a Window
- Date:
- 1805
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 7/8 x 7 7/8 inches (25.1 x 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "Charlton. 5th July. 05"; inscribed on back in pen and brown ink, lower left: "53 G"
Watermark: lower part of (HORN); collector's mark: Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6033
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- curtains | dress | genre subject | interior | paper | reading | shoes | slippers | veil | window | woman
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9809
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Gert Schiff, L'Opera Completa di Fussli, Rizzoli, Milan, 1977, p. 116, no. D. 90, fig. D 90, NJ18 F98 A12 S34 OVERSIZE (YCBA) [YCBA]
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