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An Erotic Fantasy by Henry Fuseli — VisualArtsDB

An Erotic Fantasy

An Erotic Fantasy

1790–1792

Medium: Pen and brown ink (recto and verso) on cream laid paper
Dimensions: 15 × 9.1 cm (5 15/16 × 3 5/8 in.)
Genre: prints and drawing
Museum: Art Institute of Chicago

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