A depiction, in three rows, of some 20 fanciful designs for spritely demons, ranging from the buxom to the bizarre, probably meant to mock the contemporary early-Romantic interest in ‘fairy painting’ by such artists as Henry Fuseli (1774-1825) and William Blake (1757-1827), especially their well-known interpretations of Shakespeares A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Fuseli’s highly sexualized depictions of nightmares.

• Printmaker: Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, printmaker, artist.
  
• Title: Imps [graphic] / invented, drawn & etchd. by Rd. Newton.
  
• Publication: London : Pub. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, Novemr. 25, 1796.

Catalog Record 

796.11.25.03+

Acquired December 2018