LECTURES 
PAINTING 
DELIVERZD AT THE ROYAL ACADIMY 
MARCH 1801. 
Br HENRY FUSELI, P.P. 
WITER ADDITIONAL OBSERVATIONS AND NOTER 
LONDON: 
+RINTED FOR /. 20MNSON, ST. PAUL'S CRURCR-TARD, 
1801. 
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Yıir bida un Mhudder at the Thouglts of Life. 
Who would be bora ao fach s phascom World, 
Where noughe Subliantial, but cur Min’ry ? 
Where Joy (if Joy) bet heighccns our Difirch, 
io fon to perißh, and revive mo Dun, 
Tee greater fuch a Joy, hr more I palm 
A Workl, wire dark, anyftericun Vanity 
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Abb.2 J. Sharpe, Stich nach Füsslis « Melancholie» Abb. 3 Erste Ausgabe der Lectures on Painting von 
1804. London, British Museum Füssli, London 1801. Zürich, Zentralbibliothek 
William Blake, Illustration für Night Thoughts Abb.5 Johann-Heinrich Füssli, «Der Traum des 
von Edward Young, 1795-1797. London. Sokrates», Berlin-Ost, Staatliche Museen. 
British Museum <upferstichkabinett