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Source Description
Here, the free expression of the artist’s drawn lines echoes the frenzied movement of his hand and the excited energy of the woman’s twisting body. While the immediacy of the mark marking suggests direct contact between the paper and the artist’s pen, the reversal of the Greek text at lower left exposes this work as a printed image, breaking the illusion. Created using lithography, a newly invented medium, the artist drew his composition on a specially prepared limestone. The stone was then inked and printed, reversing the image in the process.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
118914
label
Evening Thou Bringest All
core
obj
dtoType
print
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1
Source metadata
id
118914
contentType
print
title
Evening Thou Bringest All
description
Here, the free expression of the artist’s drawn lines echoes the frenzied movement of his hand and the excited energy of the woman’s twisting body. While the immediacy of the mark marking suggests direct contact between the paper and the artist’s pen, the reversal of the Greek text at lower left exposes this work as a printed image, breaking the illusion. Created using lithography, a newly invented medium, the artist drew his composition on a specially prepared limestone. The stone was then inked and printed, reversing the image in the process.
date
1803
rights
CC0
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80013982
creators
1262
673965
genreSpecific
Print
imageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 23.6 x 32.2 cm (9 5/16 x 12 11/16 in.)
cul
England, 18th-19th century
accession
1940.1113
Source extras
tec
Pen lithograph
tombstone
Specimens of Polyautography Consisting of Impressions taken from Original Drawings made purposely for this Work: Evening Thou Bringest All, 1803. Henry Fuseli (Swiss, 1741–1825), published by Philipp H. André (German, active London 1800–1805). Pen lithograph; sheet: 23.6 x 32.2 cm (9 5/16 x 12 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection, 1940.1113
series
Specimens of Polyautography Consisting of Impressions taken from Original Drawings made purposely for this Work
collection
PR - Lithograph
didYouKnow
The title of this print is drawn from a poem by the classical poet Sappho.
citations
citation
<em>Catalogue of an exhibition of the art of lithography: commemorating the sesquicentennial of its invention, 1798-1948</em>. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, November 11, 1948-January 2, 1949. Published as: Woman on a Sofa.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 35
catalogueRaisonne
Schiff 1434; Weinglass 171
creditline
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis B. Williams Collection
updatedAt
2026-05-29 06:08:56.139000
sourceId
118914
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Prints
coll
PR - Lithograph
med
Pen lithograph
creatorTags
male
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image_url
Single page context
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1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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30f7b1e31f991dbc