Dispute between Hotspur, Glendower, Mortimer and Worcester
1784 · oil on canvas
Dimensions 42.2 × 36 cm
Collection: BMAG collection
The painting shows John Kemble (1757-1823) as both Hotspur & Glendower in the scene from Shakespeare's 'Henry IV Part 1'. Shakespearian subjects and the London theatre were a frequent source of inspiration to Fuseli, whose admiration for Michelangelo coupled with a Germanic and gothic imagination anticipated the Romantic Movement at the end of the century.
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Dispute between Hotspur, Glendower, Mortimer and Worcester (1784) by Henry Fuseli, oil on canvas, from the BMAG collection.
About Henry Fuseli
Henry Fuseli RA (7 February 1741 – 17 April 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".
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