1778 Portrait of Henry Fuseli, Bromley sc, folio copper engraving, artist

Portrait of the artist Henry Fuseli (1741-1825)

Large margined and in fine condition.

32 x 27 cm

Copper engraving, 1788.

Fine original etching by William Bromley (1769–1842), a British engraver. 

Bromley, who was born at Carisbrooke on the Isle of Wight, was apprenticed to an engraver named J G Wooding in London, and soon attracted favorable notice. Of his early works the most popular are the prints in 'Macklin's Bible,' and his engravings of Stothard's designs illustrating the 'History of England.' He engraved also two of Sir Thomas Lawrence's portraits of the Duke of Wellington, and one of the young Napoleon.

Henry Fuseli RA was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as The Nightmare, deal with supernatural subject matter. He painted works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, and created his own "Milton Gallery".