"A drawing is always dragged down to the level of its caption"
- (James Thurber 1894 –1961)
Man with a Turban
John Henry Fuseli, Zurich 1741-London 1825. Like his contemporary William Blake the dominant influence on his art is Mannerism and Michelangelo that he saw in 1770 in Italy. His friendship with Sir Joshua Reynolds resulted in Fuseli being elected a Royal Academician in 1790.
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The Old Masters are available for book illustrations, annual reports, paper and packaging, giftware, related products. You can license them in the following format: Original transparencies in 6 x 6 cm. (2¼ in.) format, high-resolution RGB drum scans on DVD or efficient and quick E-Mail or FTP upload.