Tekemessa and Eurysakes | Henry Fuseli | 1810 18th Century Rendered in 1852

Rendered in 1852

This solemn painting depicts the cremation of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on a desolate shoreline

Lewis contrasts the intimacy of the tenement world—marked by hanging laundry and telephone wires—with the distant glamour of the modern city

and a lone sphere—stand frozen in a silent

leaving viewers to decide where guilt

Tekemessa and Eurysakes | Henry Fuseli | 1810 18th Century Rendered in 1852Henry Fuseli (1741 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as The Nightmare, deal with supernatural subject matter. He painted works for John Boydell's Shakespeare Gallery, and created his own "Milton Gallery". He held the posts of Professor of Painting and Keeper at the Royal Academy. His style had a considerable influence on many younger British artists, including