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Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso) by Henry Fuseli — VisualArtsDB

Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)

Portrait of Fuseli (recto); Sketch of a Hand (verso)

1761–1825

Medium: Black chalk (recto), and black and white chalk on gray prepared ground (verso), on tan wove paper
Dimensions: 40.5 × 28.8 cm (16 × 11 3/8 in.)
Genre: chalk
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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drawings (visual works)black chalkchalkprints and drawinginorganic materialpaperpaper (fiber product)

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