Henry’s work is defined by its 18th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Milton Dictating to His Daughter
Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741–1825)

Two Heads of Damned Souls from Dante's "Inferno" (recto and verso)
Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741–1825)

Sketch for "Oath on the Rütli" (recto), Female Figure (verso)
Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741–1825)

Ugolino and His Sons Starving to Death in the Tower
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Dante Swoons before the Soaring Souls of Paolo and Francesca, Virgil at his Side
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Perseus Starting from the Cave of the Gorgons
Attributed to Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Hercules Killing the Mares of Diomedes
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Portrait of a Woman (Martha Hess)
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

The Discovery (recto), Two Sketches of Standing Male Figures (verso)
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Study of Ignudo in Sistine Chapel, Rome (recto); Paraphrase of the Ignudo Seated to Upper Right of Prophet Jeremiah in Chapel, Rome (verso)
Henry Fuseli (Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825) after Michelangelo Buonarroti (Italian, 1475-1564)

The Cave of Despair
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Thetis Mourning the Body of Achilles
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Mother and Her Family in the Country
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Sketch for 'Dido on the Funeral Pyre' (recto); Erotic Sketch of Man and Woman (verso)
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Odin in the Underworld
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

The Spirit of Knowledge
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Study for Inquisition, Illustration to Columbiad
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

Triumph of Death: Three Skeletons Invading a Bacchanal Orchestrated by a Magician or an Evil Demon
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

The Changeling
Attributed to Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825

The Slaying of Red Comyn by Robert the Bruce
Henry Fuseli Swiss, active in England, 1741-1825