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Fuseli was a particular admirer of Milton and painted some 60 pictures illustrating episodes from his works. In 1799 and 1800 Fuseli held two exhibitions in which he exhibited 47 of his paintings of Milton's works. He then planned to publish a series of 50 prints after his paintings. This 'Milton Gallery' was a project similar to John Boydell's 'Shakespeare Gallery', in which the exhibition of paintings would publicise the prints that were later sold. In the end, only 14 prints were published, between 1803 and 1814.<br><br><b>Subject Depicted</b><br>This print illustrates an episode from Book V of <i>Paradise Lost</i>. It illustrates the moment when Eve recounts to Adam her dream of being carried aloft to the heavens by a winged figure:<br><br>... Forthwith up to the clouds<br>With him I flew and underneath beheld<br>The earth outstretch'd immense ...<br>... suddenly<br>My guide was gone, and I methought sunk down<br><br>This print shows Eve sinking back down to earth, as the winged figure leaves her.","physicalDescription":"Stipple etching, etching and aquatint, printed in ink on paper","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Fuseli, Henry","id":"A8410"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":"after"},{"name":{"text":"Haughton, Moses","id":"A9634"},"association":{"text":"etcher","id":"AAT25174"},"note":""},{"name":{"text":"Lewis, Frederick Christian (the elder)","id":"A8613"},"association":{"text":"aquatinter","id":"AAT249564"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Stipple etching, etching and aquatint, ink on paper","categories":[{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"},{"text":"Religion","id":"THES48900"},{"text":"Christianity","id":"THES48978"},{"text":"Judaism","id":"THES48929"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"PDP","id":"THES48595"},"images":["2006AM7092"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"120 (VA)","id":"THES49226"},"free":"","case":"CA17","shelf":"DR4","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"print","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1804","earliest":"1804-01-01","latest":"1804-12-31"},"association":{"text":"dated","id":"AAT54714"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"58.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"paper","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"47","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"paper","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"Dimensions checked: Measured; 06/05/1999 by KN","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"Etched in London by Moses Haughton (born about 1772, died after 1848); aquatinted by Frederick Christian Lewis (born in London, 1779, died in Enfield, Middlesex, 1856) after Henry Fuseli (born in  Zurich, Switzerland, 1741, died near London, 1825)","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Print, The Dream of Eve, etched in London by Moses Haughton, aquatinted by Frederick Christian Lewis, 1804, after Henry Fuseli","bibliographicReferences":[],"production":"","productionType":{"text":"","id":""},"contentDescription":"","contentPlaces":[],"associatedPlaces":[],"contentPerson":[{"text":"Eve","id":"N561"}],"associatedPerson":[],"contentOrganisations":[],"associatedOrganisations":[],"contentPeople":[],"associatedPeople":[],"contentEvents":[],"associatedEvents":[],"contentOthers":[{"text":"angels","id":"x30526"},{"text":"rising suns","id":"AAT165516"}],"contentConcepts":[{"text":"innocence","id":"x35802"}],"contentLiteraryRefs":["Milton, Paradise Lost"],"galleryLabels":[{"text":"British Galleries:\nThe artist Fuseli began his Milton Gallery in London in 1790 and first exhibited at Christie's in Pall Mall in 1799.  Fuseli had already supplied Shakespearean images to the publisher John Boydell, who had a rival gallery in London. This was his attempt to do single-handedly for Milton what Boydell had done, with the assistance of many artists, for Shakespeare. The subject is taken from Book V of Milton's epic poem 'Paradise Lost'.","date":{"text":"27/03/2003","earliest":"2003-03-27","latest":"2003-03-27"}}],"partNumbers":["15573A"],"accessionNumberNum":"15573","accessionNumberPrefix":"","accessionYear":null,"otherNumbers":[],"copyNumber":"","aspects":["WHOLE"],"assets":[],"recordModificationDate":"2025-04-25","recordCreationDate":"2003-03-27","availableToBook":false}}