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Henry Fuseli
1741-1825
Britomart Frees Amoret from the Enchanter Busirane, from Spenser's Fairie Queene
ca. 1788
Pen and brown ink and wash and black chalk; verso: oil paint, a figure being lowered into a grave (?), on laid paper.
16 9/16x 14 inches (420 x 355 mm)
Thaw Collection.
2017.87
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Provenance: 
Private collection, London; Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw, New York.
Associated names: 

Thaw, Eugene Victor, former owner.
Thaw, Clare, former owner.

Bibliography: 

Thaw Catalogue Raisonné, 2017, no. 139, repr.
Denison, Cara D. et al. Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Victor Thaw. Part II. New York : Pierpont Morgan Library, 1985, no. 27.

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Fuseli, Henry
School: 
Swiss
Century: 
18th century
Classification: 
Drawing
Department: 
Drawings and Prints