The Enchanted Island Before the Cell of Prospero - Prospero, Miranda, Caliban and Ariel (Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act 1, Scene 2)
first published 1797; reissued 1852
Medium
Stipple engraving; fourth state of four
Dimensions
image: 16 7/8 x 23 1/16 in. (42.9 x 58.5 cm) sheet: 20 1/16 x 25 1/2 in. (51 x 64.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gertrude and Thomas Jefferson Mumford Collection, Gift of Dorothy Quick Mayer, 1942
Accession Number
42.119.525
Tags
About the Artist
Henry Fuseli|John & Josiah Boydell|Peter Simon|William Shakespeare|Shearjashub Spooner
Henry Fuseli (1741-1825), born Johann Heinrich Füssli in Zürich, was a Swiss-British painter whose visionary works exploring dreams, nightmares, and psychological terror made him one of the most original figures of the Romantic movement. His art bridged Neoclassical discipline with Romantic emotionalism, creating images of supernatural intensity that would influence artists from William Blake to t...