Exhibition

Eccentric Visions: Drawings by Henry Fuseli, William Blake, and Their Contemporaries

This small exhibition consists of about 30 works from The Huntington's exceptional holdings of drawings and watercolors by Fuseli, William Blake, and the artists most closely associated with them, including George Romney, John Flaxman, Joseph Wright of Derby, James Barry, John Brown, and Richard Cosway.
Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1747‒1825), Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone, 1800, gray-brown wash over graphite. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1747‒1825), Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone, 1800, gray-brown wash over graphite. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

William Blake (British, 1757‒1824), Lucifer and the Pope in Hell, ca. 1794‒96, etching and/or engraving, color printed with gum or glue-based pigments, and hand finished with watercolor, pen, and ink. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

William Blake (British, 1757‒1824), Lucifer and the Pope in Hell, ca. 1794‒96, etching and/or engraving, color printed with gum or glue-based pigments, and hand finished with watercolor, pen, and ink. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

James Jefferys (British, 1751‒1784), Time Disarming Love, ca. 1779, pen and ink and brown wash. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

James Jefferys (British, 1751‒1784), Time Disarming Love, ca. 1779, pen and ink and brown wash. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

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Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1747‒1825), Haemon Discovering the Body of Antigone, 1800, gray-brown wash over graphite. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
William Blake (British, 1757‒1824), Lucifer and the Pope in Hell, ca. 1794‒96, etching and/or engraving, color printed with gum or glue-based pigments, and hand finished with watercolor, pen, and ink. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.
James Jefferys (British, 1751‒1784), Time Disarming Love, ca. 1779, pen and ink and brown wash. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens.

In an age of great drawing, Anglo-Swiss painter Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) and his circle in Britain helped to push the medium into new areas of expressiveness, invention, and boldness of conception. This small exhibition consists of about 30 works from The Huntington's exceptional holdings of drawings and watercolors by Fuseli, William Blake, and the artists most closely associated with them, including George Romney, John Flaxman, Joseph Wright of Derby, James Barry, John Brown, and Richard Cosway. It complements the installation of The Huntington's newly acquired painting by Fuseli, The Three Witches.