Henry Fuseli, R.A.

Henry Fuseli, R.A.

Zürich 1741 - 1825 Putney Heath

A kneeling figure with a spirit leaving his body

Point of the brush and gray and yellow washes over black chalk, on the remains of an envelope;

inscribed lower left: Q.E. Sept 3 11., further extensive inscriptions upper center, inscribed verso: Henry Fuseli Esq / Royal Academy, and with a subsidiary figure study in chalk (verso) 

97 by 182 mm, 3 ¾ by 6 ¾ in.