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Henry Fuseli, 1741–1825, Swiss, active in Britain (1766–70; 1779 on), Figure Leaning over Stairs, 1789
- Title:
Figure Leaning over Stairs
- Former Title(s):
Seated Man and Woman Embracing, a Second Man Standing Behind Looking On
- Date:
- 1789
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink, brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 x 7 7/8 inches (30.5 x 20 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "H. Fuseli. 1789"; in pen and black ink, upper center: "Shakspeare Prints"; in graphite, lower center: "Engraved"; inscribed on back in graphite, center: "630"
Collector's mark: Thomas Esmond Lowinsky (Lugt 2420a)
Signed and dated in graphite, lower right: "H. Fuseli .1789"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.6032
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- dress | genre subject | kissing | leaning | man | moustache | stairs | tights | woman
- Associated People:
- Shakespeare, William (1564–1616), playwright and poet
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9808
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