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Gothic NightmaresFuseli, Blake and the Romantic Imagination, 15 February - 1 May 2006
Gothic Nightmares

Works in Focus: The Nightmare

The Nightmare·Titania and Bottom·Titania Awakening·Satan Starting from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear
detail from: Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, Exhibited 1782

THE FURNITURE
The setting appears to be contemporary to the 1770s and 1780s, creating a sense of fashionable luxury. It is not clear what the pots and jars to the left contain. Perhaps cosmetics – reinforcing the feeling of decadence – or even laudanum, the mix of opium and alcohol that was widely used in the eighteenth century.

Full Image

The Imp or 'Mara'

The Victim

The Horse

The Furniture

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