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Fuseli, Henry (1741-1825)
The Cave of Despair, c. 1769. The subject is from Edmund Spenser’s epic poem The Faerie Queene (published 1590). It depicts the temptation of suicide offered by Despair, who bends over his latest victim. The Red Cross Knight, the hero of book 1, stands with Una, symbol of Truth, at the mouth of the cave. Pen and black ink, with brush and brown and gray wash and touches of red gouache, over graphite and touches of charcoal, on ivory laid paper, 331 x 504 mm. The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection, 1922.2151.
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The Art Institute of Chicago/Chicago/USA
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ART555637
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Public
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4707px × 3472px
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The Art Institute of Chicago / Art Resource, NY
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Cave
Despair
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Literary Illustration