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Selected Works36

Museum Acquisitions

Art Institute of Chicago
An Erotic Fantasy
An Erotic Fantasy, 1790
Acquired 2023
Pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on cream laid paper
Art Institute of Chicago
A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography, 1802
Acquired 2015
Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Sleeping Woman with a Cupid
Sleeping Woman with a Cupid, 1780
Acquired 2013
Etching in red-brown on ivory laid paper
Tate
Sheet of Studies: Three Female Heads, an Arm and a Hand. Verso: Heroic Male Nude and a Face in Profile
Sheet of Studies: Three Female Heads, an Arm and a Hand. Verso: Heroic Male Nude and a Face in Profile, 1817
Acquired 1997
Graphite and chalk on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
A Sheet of Studies: Three Figures of Recumbent Women. A Head of a Man. Verso: Half Length Figure of a Woman in Profile, and a Study of a Head and Arm; a Nude Male Figure
A Sheet of Studies: Three Figures of Recumbent Women. A Head of a Man. Verso: Half Length Figure of a Woman in Profile, and a Study of a Head and Arm; a Nude Male Figure
Acquired 1997
Ink, graphite, watercolour and gouache on paper. Verso: ink on paper
Tate
Self-Portrait as a Faun. Verso: Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to Left
Self-Portrait as a Faun. Verso: Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to Left
Acquired 1997
Graphite and chalk on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Tate
Self-Portrait and Anatomical Studies. Verso: Two Male Anatomical Studies
Self-Portrait and Anatomical Studies. Verso: Two Male Anatomical Studies, 1783
Acquired 1996
Graphite and ink on paper, Graphite on paper
Tate
2. Caricature of Northcote
2. Caricature of Northcote
Acquired 1996
Ink on paper
Art Institute of Chicago
Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)
Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso), 1770
Acquired 1993
Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago
Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side
Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side, 1818
Acquired 1992
Etching and aquatint on ivory wove paper
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Dismission of Adam and Eve from Paradise
The Dismission of Adam and Eve from Paradise, 1796
Acquired 1985
Oil on canvas
Art Institute of Chicago
Heavenly Ganymede, from Specimens of Polyautography
Heavenly Ganymede, from Specimens of Polyautography, 1804
Acquired 1983
Lithograph in black on ivory wove paper
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Untitled
Untitled, 1779
Acquired 1966
pencil on paper
Tate
The Shepherd’s Dream, from ‘Paradise Lost’
The Shepherd’s Dream, from ‘Paradise Lost’, 1793
Acquired 1966
Oil paint on canvas
Tate
Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers
Lady Macbeth Seizing the Daggers, 1812
Acquired 1965
Oil paint on canvas
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Untitled
Untitled, 1790
Acquired 1961
brush and wash heightened with white on heavy rag paper
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Untitled
Untitled, 1785
Acquired 1959
black crayon on laid paper
Cleveland Museum of Art
Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear
Satan Starts from the Touch of Ithuriel's Spear, 1776
Acquired 1954
pen and brown ink and brush and gray wash
Tate
Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma
Percival Delivering Belisane from the Enchantment of Urma, 1783
Acquired 1941
Oil paint on canvas
Cleveland Museum of Art
Evening Thou Bringest All
Evening Thou Bringest All, 1803
Acquired 1940
Pen lithograph
Tate
The Debutante
The Debutante, 1807
Acquired 1919
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Tate
Titania and Bottom
Titania and Bottom, 1790
Acquired 1887
Oil paint on canvas
Tate
‘Charis Phykomené. Verso: Head of a Woman, Unfinished‘, Henry Fuseli, 1791 | Tate
‘Charis Phykomené. Verso: Head of a Woman, Unfinished‘, Henry Fuseli, 1791 | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘Self-Portrait as a Faun. Verso: Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to Left‘, Henry Fuseli | Tate
‘Self-Portrait as a Faun. Verso: Head of a Woman Three-Quarters to Left‘, Henry Fuseli | Tate
In museum collection
Tate
‘6. Head of John Yenn, Caricature‘, George Dance, 1796 | Tate
‘6. Head of John Yenn, Caricature‘, George Dance, 1796 | Tate
In museum collection

Previous Sales

Christie's
The incubus leaving two young women
The incubus leaving two young women
$3,510,000
Oct 2021
Christie's
Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist
Salome with the head of Saint John the Baptist
£176,500 ($233k USD)
Dec 2014
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An Erotic Fantasy
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2023 · Accession 2023.2841 · Pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on cream laid paper
Margaret Day Blake Endowment, Print and Drawing, and Mary S. Adams Endowment funds
Menelaus and Patroclus, after the Antique (recto and verso)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2021 · Accession 2021.16.30a, b · Pen and brown ink (recto); pen and ink over graphite (verso)
Gift of Jacqueline Loewe Fowler, 2020
A Woman Sitting by the Window (“Evening Thou Bringest All”), from the first issue of Specimens of Polyautography
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2015 · Accession 2015.217.7 · Lithograph in black on cream wove paper, tipped onto mount with aquatint border in gray on cream wove paper
The Amanda S. Johnson and Marion J. Livingston Fund
Heavenly Ganymede, plate XV from the second issue of Specimens of Polyautography
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.724 · Lithograph in black ink on tan wove paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Sleeping Woman with a Cupid
Art Institute of Chicago · Chicago, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.723 · Etching in red-brown on ivory laid paper
Gift of Dorothy Braude Edinburg to the Harry B. and Bessie K. Braude Memorial Collection
Sleeping Woman with a Cupid
Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.35 · etching
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust
Perseus Holding the Head of Medusa While Being Attacked by the Other Gorgons; verso: A Sketch
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2013 · Accession 2013.66 · Pen and brown ink, over black chalk; framing line in pen and brown ink; verso: red and black chalk (or graphite?)
Purchase, Brooke Russell Astor Bequest, 2013
Oedipus at Colonus, Cursing his Son Polynices
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2012 · Accession 2012.241 · Pen and brown ink, brush and gray wash, traces of black chalk underdrawing
Purchase, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Acquisitions Endowment Fund and Jean A. Bonna Gift, 2012
Portrait of a Young Lady Drawn in Left Profile
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2006 · Accession 2006.501 · Graphite
Purchase, Mary Oenslager Fund, The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, and Ian Woodner Family Collection Fund, 2006
Study for the Prophet Jeremiah (recto); Studies of a Horse Seen from Below and of a Man Seated on a Chair, Probably a Self-Portrait and an Off-Print in Brown Ink of a Nude Female Abdomen and Legs (verso)
Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, United States · Acquired 2000 · Accession 2000.517a, b · Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper; verso, pen and brown ink; framing lines in graphite
Anonymous Gift, 2000
Charis Phykomené. Verso: Head of a Woman, Unfinished
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T10440 · Graphite, chalk and watercolour on paper
Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
Sheet of Studies: Three Female Heads, an Arm and a Hand. Verso: Heroic Male Nude and a Face in Profile
Tate · United Kingdom · Acquired 1997 · Accession T08913 · Graphite and chalk on paper. Verso: graphite on paper
Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996
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Publications3

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Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art & Artists
Thames & Hudson · 2024
A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works
Thames & Hudson · 2018
Forms of Enchantment: Writings on Art & Artists
Thames & Hudson · 2018
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5 essential old masters shows for 2026 2735391
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9 Contemporary Artists Conjuring Ghosts
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Show on fantastical neoclassicist Johan Tobias Sergel heads to Stockholm and New York
Feb 18, 2026
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boo the spookiest works in art history from samurai decapitations to ghoulish incubi 1125329
Feb 7, 2026
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5 essential old masters shows for 2026 2735391
Jan 7, 2026
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9 Contemporary Artists Conjuring Ghosts
Oct 30, 2025