On 7th February 1741 Henry Fuseli was born at Zurich, Switzerland.
1778. James Northcote [aged 31]. Portrait of Henry Fuseli [aged 36].
1780 to 1782. Henry Fuseli [aged 38]. "The two murderers of the Duke of Clarence".
1781. Henry Fuseli [aged 39]. "The Nightmare".
1781. Henry Fuseli [aged 39]. "The Nightmare". The painting was first shown in 1782 at the Royal Academy of London after which it became widely known. Fuseli painted other versions; the original was sold for twenty guineas.
In 1788 Henry Fuseli [aged 46] and Sophia Rawlins were married. She originally one of his models.
In or after 1788. Henry Fuseli [aged 46]. Portrait of Sophia Rawlins, the artist's wife.
1789. Henry Fuseli [aged 47]. "Silence".
Around 1789 Henry Fuseli [aged 47] and Mary Wollstonecraft [aged 29] planned a trip with him to Paris. His wife Sophia Rawlins stopped any communication between the two.
1790. Henry Fuseli [aged 48]. "Thor Battering the Midgard Serpent". Fuseli's diploma work for the Royal Academy
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Around 1790. Henry Fuseli [aged 48]. Portrait of the artist's wife Sophia Rawlins.
1790. Henry Fuseli [aged 48]. "Danaë and Perseus on Seriphos".
1792. Henry Fuseli [aged 50]. "The Apotheosis of Penelope Boothby".
Penelope Boothby: On 11th April 1785 she was born to Brooke Boothby 6th Baronet in Lichfield, Staffordshire [Map]. On 19th March 1791 Penelope Boothby died at Ashbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map]. She was buried in St Oswald's Church, Ashbourne [Map].
1794. Henry Fuseli [aged 52]. "Milton Dictating to His Daughter".
1794. John Opie [aged 32]. Portrait of Henry Fuseli [aged 52].
1796. Henry Fuseli [aged 54]. "The Night-Hag Visiting Lapland Witches". Hecate, the Greek goddess who presided over witchcraft and magical rites, was historically known as the "Night-Hag," hence the title that the artist gave this work. It illustrates a passage from Paradise Lost by the English poet John Milton
In 1799 Henry Fuseli [aged 57] was appointed Professor of Painting at the Royal Academy.
31st May 1800. Henry Fuseli [aged 59]. Sophia Rawlins, the artist's wife, in profile.
Around 1805. Henry Fuseli [aged 63]. "Ariel".
1817. George Henry Harlow [aged 29]. Portrait of Henry Fuseli [aged 75].
On 17th April 1825 Henry Fuseli [aged 84] died at the house of the Countess of Guildford [aged 55], on Putney Hill