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Title: The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume 2 (of 3)

Author: Henry Fuseli

Editor: John Knowles

Release date: June 1, 2012 [eBook #39890]

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF HENRY FUSELI, VOLUME 2 (OF 3) ***

THE LIFE

AND

WRITINGS

OF

HENRY FUSELI, Esq. M.A. R.A.

KEEPER, AND PROFESSOR OF PAINTING TO THE
ROYAL ACADEMY IN LONDON; MEMBER OF THE FIRST CLASS
OF THE ACADEMY OF ST. LUKE AT ROME.

THE FORMER WRITTEN, AND THE LATTER EDITED BY

JOHN KNOWLES, F.R.S.

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY AT ROTTERDAM,
HIS EXECUTOR.

"Animo vidit, ingenio complexus est, eloquentiâ illuminavit."

Velleius Paterculus in Ciceronem.

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. II.

LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN AND RICHARD BENTLEY,
NEW BURLINGTON STREET.
MDCCCXXXI.
LONDON:
PRINTED BY SAMUEL BENTLEY,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street.


CONTENTS

OF

THE SECOND VOLUME.

LECTURES.