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Henry Fuseli

Study of a Woman (1815-1820)

Fuseli drew a group of designs which appear to represent a woman torturing or killing a diminuitive male figure. Here, the figure of the victim is barely indicated in pencil. Fuseli’s women, empowered phallically with weapons and with their long hair, are symbols of highly sexualised, threateningly powerful femininity

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1:39 am  •  7 December 2011  •  18 notes