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| Henry Fuseli Portrait of Sophia Fuseli 1798 wash drawing British Museum |
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| Henry Fuseli Figure study 1796 wash drawing British Museum |
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| Henry Fuseli Figure study 1796 wash drawing British Museum |
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| Henry Fuseli Figure study 1801 wash drawing British Museum |
Henry Fuseli (1741-1825) – whose work is above – represented the extreme Romantic wing of the Neoclassical revival at the end of the 18th century. Francisco Goya (1746-1828) – whose work is below – was Fuseli's exact contemporary. Their separate spheres of life hardly overlapped, but both were artists who achieved mainstream success within their own societies even while confounding prevailing standards of good taste. And both have graphic work of exceptional beauty in the collections of the British Museum.
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| Francisco Goya Lunatics c. 1825-28 drawing British Museum |
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| Francisco Goya King Charles IV & Queen María Luisa on Horseback ca. 1799 wash drawing British Museum |
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| Francisco Goya Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington 1812 drawing British Museum |
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| Francisco Goya Pedro Roldàn, Sculptor ca. 1810 drawing British Museum |
The final four drawings in chalk and charcoal by Frank Auerbach were owned by the artist's friend, Lucian Freud. When Freud died in 2011 they were left to the state in lieu of tax, and have just this year emerged from that post-mortem maze, assigned to reside at the British Museum.
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| Frank Auerbach Seated Man with Walking Stick 1949-50 drawing British Museum estate of Lucian Freud |
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| Frank Auerbach Standing Nude 1955 drawing British Museum estate of Lucian Freud |
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| Frank Auerbach Reclining figure 1955 drawing British Museum estate of Lucian Freud |
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| Frank Auerbach Head of EOW 1956 drawing British Museum estate of Lucian Freud |