Reference code
FU/2/5
Title
Charles Payne Crawfurd, Gray's Inn, to Henry Fuseli
Date
01 Nov 1813
Level
Item
Extent & medium
1 piece, 1p.
Historical Background
Weinglass says that the painting survives in a cut-down version, although Fuseli's correspondent may have been referring to an engraving by
Moses Haughton.
Content Description
Observing that Fuseli's 'Caliban' was "a well-looking African black", and nowhere near as monstrous as in Shakespeare's description [The Tempest, I, 283-4 and 310].
Bibliography
Weinglass, p396.