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

Room 1: The Nightmare

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Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, Exhibited 1782
Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare exhibited 1782
Oil on canvas, 1210 x 1473 x 89 mm
Lent by the Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr and Mrs Bert L. Smokler and Mrs Lawrence A. Fleischman

Henry Fuseli, The Changeling, 1780
Henry Fuseli
The Changeling 1780
Black chalk, grey wash and watercolour on paper
© 2006 Kunsthaus, Zürich. All rights reserved.

Henry Fuseli, Der Alp verlasst das Lager sweir shlafender Frauen (An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women) 1810
Henry Fuseli
An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women (Der Alp verlasst das Lager sweir shlafender Frauen) 1810
Pencil and wash on paper, 318 x 408 mm
© 2006 Kunsthaus, Zürich. All rights reserved.

Thomas Burke, after Henry Fuseli, The Nightmare, published by John Raphael Smith, 30 January 1783
Thomas Burke, after Henry Fuseli
The Nightmare, published by John Raphael Smith, 30 January 1783
Stipple engraving
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum

Thomas Rowlandson, Study for The Covent Garden Night Mare, around 1784
Thomas Rowlandson
Study for The Covent Garden Night Mare around 1784
Pencil on paper
City of Westminster Archives Centre

Thomas Rowlandson, The Covent Garden Night Mare, 1784
Thomas Rowlandson
The Covent Garden Night Mare 1784
Coloured etching
Westminster Library and Archives

James Gillray, Duke William's Ghost, 1799. © the Trustees of The British Museum
James Gillray
Duke William's Ghost, published by Hannah Humphrey, 7 May 1799
Handcoloured etching and aquatint
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum

William Blake, Plate 33 from Jerusalem, printed around 1820. © Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum
William Blake
Plate 33 from Jerusalem (copy 'A'), printed around 1820
Relief etching, uncoloured
© Copyright the Trustees of The British Museum

Unidentified artist (‘M.G’), Fatal Effects of Gluttony: A Lord Mayor's Day Night Mare, 1830
Unidentified artist (‘M.G’)
Fatal Effects of Gluttony: A Lord Mayor's Day Night Mare,
published by Thomas McLean 4 November 1830
Handcoloured lithograph Lent by the Guildhall Library, Corporation of London

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