Fuseli

[ fyoo-zuh-lee ]

/ ˈfyu zə li /

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noun

(John) Henry Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1741–1825, English painter, illustrator, and essayist; born in Switzerland.

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How to use Fuseli in a sentence

One day Stodart, the sculptor, met Fuseli starting forth with an old umbrella.
East Anglia|J. Ewing Ritchie
Mr. Fuseli was a married man, and his wife the acquaintance of Mary.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
It is rather strange that Fuseli should have now been willing enough to be civil.
Mary Wollstonecraft|Elizabeth Robins Pennell
Mr. Leslie allowed Harlow's portrait of Fuseli to be the best.
Art in England|Dutton Cook

Fuseli thought the occasion a worthy one for administering a rebuke.
Art in England|Dutton Cook

British Dictionary definitions for Fuseli

Fuseli

/ (ˈfjuːzəlɪ) /

noun

Henry . original name Johann Heinrich Füssli . 1741–1825, British painter, born in Switzerland. His paintings include Nightmare (1782)

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