[Maria and Feste looking down at the imprisoned Malvolio] [graphic].

[ca. 1805?]

1 drawing : pencil and ink wash on paper ; irregular, 17 x 10 cm

paper

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Great Britain -- England.

FAST ACC 272125

This is a PRELIMINARY RECORD. It may contain incorrect information. The "FAST ACC" number is a temporary call number. Please email catalog@folger.edu for assistance. Ordered from: Lowell Libson & Jonny Yarker Ltd, D9476, 2021-05-13, email quote. From dealer's description: "Collections: Harriet Jane Moore (1801-1884); By descent, to 1992; Christie's, 14 April 1992, lot 24; Nissman Abromson & Co, New York; Matthew Rutenberg to 2019 Engraved: William Bromley for George Steevens, Plays of Shakespeare, London, 1805, vol.II, p.78. Literature: David Weinglass, Prints and Engraved Book Illustrations by and after Henry Fuseli, 1994, cat. 192, p. 242. This small, richly worked study seems to have been made by Henry Fuseli in preparation for George Steevens' 1805 edition of the plays of William Shakespeare. The scene from Act IV Scene II of Twelfth Night shows Maria and Feste looking down on their prisoner, the despairing Malvolio, following his misguided attempt to court Olivia. Feste, the jester, is disguised as a priest. In the finished print, Fuseli changed the emphasis of the action, transforming Malvolio's despair to imploring, showing him arms outstretched towards Maria and a triumphant Feste. This potent, beautifully preserved drawing shows Fuseli's ability to concentrate a complex narrative into a confined sheet."

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