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All actions and attitudes of children are graceful because they are the luxuriant and immediate offspring of the moment - divested of affectation and free from all pretense.
Henry Fuseli
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Henry Fuseli
Age: 84 †
Born: 1741
Born: January 1
Died: 1825
Died: January 1
Draftsperson
Drawer
Graphic Artist
Illustrator
Painter
Poet
City of Zurich
Johann Heinrich Füssli
R. A. Henry Fuseli
Jean-Henri Fuseli
Johann Heinrich Fuzelli
Esq. Henry Fuseli
Johann Heinrich
the Younger Fussli
Heinrich
II Füssli
Henry
the Younger Fussli
Johann Heinrich
the Younger Fuseli
Henry
the Younger Fussly
Henry Fusely
Johann Heinrich Fuzeli
Henry Füessli
Johann Heinrich
the Younger Fussly
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