Portrait bust of Henry Fuseli
Edward Hodges Baily, 1824

Henry Fuseli was born in Switzerland but lived most of his life in Britain. His distinctive paintings and drawings were in a highly romantic neo-classic idiom making him a powerful and influential figure. This outstanding bust of Fuseli was commissioned by Sir Thomas Lawrence from the young Royal Academician, Baily, as the second of four sculpted portraits of contemporary artists. Lawrence possessed one of the most important private collections of the Regency period. Baily's bust shows Fuseli in 1824, at the age of 83, a year before his death.
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Title of artwork, date
Portrait bust of Henry Fuseli, 1824
Date supported
1996
Medium and material
Marble
Dimensions
56 cm
Grant
16000
Total cost
128000

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