Fuseli leaves England for Italy in the society of Dr.
Armstrong.--They quarrel, and separate at Genoa.--Fuseli arrives at
Rome (1770).--His principle of study there.--He suffers through a
fever, and repairs to Venice for his health.--Visits Naples.--Quits
Rome (1778) for Switzerland.--Letter to Mr. Northcote.--Fuseli
renews his classical studies.--Visits his family at
Zurich.--Engages in an unsuccessful love-affair.--Arrives again in
London 46
CHAPTER IV.
Fuseli settles in London.--Interview with Mr.
Coutts.--Reconciliation with Dr. Armstrong.--Professor
Bonnycastle.--Society at Mr. Lock's.--Mr. James Carrick Moore and
Admiral Sir Graham Moore.--Sir Joshua Reynolds.--Mr.
West.--Anecdote of Fuseli and West.--The popular picture of "The
Nightmare."--Death of Fuseli's Father.--Visit to Mr. Roscoe at
Liverpool.--Fuseli's singular engagement to revise Cowper's
Iliad.--Three Letters from Mr. Cowper.--Anecdotes of Fuseli and Dr.
Geddes 57
CHAPTER V.
Subjects painted by Fuseli for Boydell's "Shakspeare Gallery."--His
assistance towards the splendid Edition of "Lavater's
Physiognomy."--His picture for Macklin's "Poets' Gallery."--His
contributions to the Analytical Review.--His critique on Cowper's
Homer 77
CHAPTER VI.
Fuseli's proficiency in Italian History, Literature, and the Fine
Arts, exemplified in his Criticism on Roscoe's Lorenzo de' Medici
110
CHAPTER VII.
Fuseli's Marriage.--His inducements to associate himself with the
Royal Academy.--He translates Lavater's "Aphorisms on
Man."--Remarks on his own "Aphorisms on Art."--Particulars of
Fuseli's acquaintance with Mrs. Wollstonecraft 158
CHAPTER VIII.
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