Fuseli

[ fyoo-zuh-lee ]

/ ˈfyu zə li /

noun

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

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Examples from the Web for fuseli

I shall set about one when I am in a humour to abandon myself to all the diableries that ever met the eye of a Fuseli!
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge
But Fuseli shone not only in the grand, the sublime, and pathetic scenes, but also in the playful ones.
The Life and Writings of Henry Fuseli, Volume I (of 3)|John Knowles
Fuseli thought the occasion a worthy one for administering a rebuke.
Art in England|Dutton Cook
Though he was not the sole cause of it, Fuseli was largely accountable for this in Miss Wollstonecrafts outward style.
The Real Shelley, Vol. II (of 2)|John Cordy Jeaffreson

This gallery gave the public an opportunity of judging of Fuseli's versatile powers.
Old and New London|Walter Thornbury

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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