Mr Fuseli's Painting Room at Somerset House

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Request to view at the Prints & Drawings Study Room, level H , Case WD, Shelf 2, Box A

Artist/Maker	Unknown (artist)
Place of origin	London (made)

A watercolour depicting an interior scene illustrating a room with a very high ceiling and large shuttered sash window. The walls of the room are covered with two toned green wallpaper and there is a lit fireplace on the right side. On the left of the room there are a few canvases lent against the wall and one large painting, standing on an easel, depicting a knight with three ladies.

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Categories	Paintings Drawings Shakespeare Interiors
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Mr Fuseli's Painting Room at Somerset House (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	watercolour on paper Watercolour (Paint) Paper (Fiber Product) Watercolour Painting (Technique)
Brief description	Watercolour, 'Mr Fuseli's Painting Room at Somerset House', by an unknown artist, ca. 1825
Physical description	A watercolour depicting an interior scene illustrating a room with a very high ceiling and large shuttered sash window. The walls of the room are covered with two toned green wallpaper and there is a lit fireplace on the right side. On the left of the room there are a few canvases lent against the wall and one large painting, standing on an easel, depicting a knight with three ladies.
Dimensions	Image height: 16.8cm Image width: 15.6cm Sheet height: 21.9cm Sheet width: 15.6cm Dimensions taken from Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Object history	The subject of the oil painting on the easel is 'Lady Constance, Arthur and Salisbury from Shakespeare's 'King John'. The painting is now in Zurich.
Subjects depicted	Studios (Work Spaces) Paintings Sash Window Shutters Fireplace Mirror Palette Knight Women
Place depicted	Somerset House
Associations	Royal Academy Fuseli Shakespeare
Literary reference	King John
Bibliographic references	Waterfield, Giles (ed.). The Artist's Studio. London: Hogarth Arts, 2009 no.33 Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings Accession Register for 1994
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.794-1994

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Record created	November 14, 2008
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O172481/mr-fuselis-painting-room-at-watercolour-unknown/

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