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Fantasy

Mental faculty of drawing imagination and desire in the human brain

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Fantasy

28 images from works
  • A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by E. de Boulonnois, 16--.
  • The presentation of Jesus to Simeon, or to a priest of the Temple. Engraving with stipple after F. Bonsignori.
  • A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Two young women pluck a bird which has a man's head, while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.
  • A winged devil figure riding on a cat awakening some monks by blowing on them. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Sakuntalā writing a letter on a leaf in a daydream with two others. Chromolithograph by R. Varma.
  • A winged man grabbing a young naked woman by the hand while another sits reading a book surrounded by owls and bats. Etching by J.M. Martínez Espinosa after F. Goya.
  • A young woman flying in the air with a butterfly on her head, surrounded by three crouching figures by her feet. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • Two wretches fighting in mid-air being grabbed by monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.
  • A man suffering from depressed spirits ("hypochondria") being tormented by doleful spectres. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson after J. Dunthorne, 1788.

Works from the collections

26 works

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    A couple hovering off the ground being observed by a huge goat with two cats. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: [1796/1798] | Reference: 37001i
    • Books

    By force of fantasy : how we make our lives / Ethel S. Person.

    Person, Ethel Spector | Date: [1995]
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    • Online

    A surgery where all fantasy and follies are purged and good qualities are prescribed. Line engraving by M. Greuter, c. 1600.

    | Reference: 15851i
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    • Online

    Two wretches fighting in mid-air being grabbed by monsters. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: [1796/1798] | Reference: 37082i
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    • Online

    Two withered wretches trying to hold up a slab of stone. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/1798.

    Goya, Francisco, 1746-1828. | Date: [1796/1798] | Reference: 36960i

Related topics

Witchcraft
Legendary Creatures
Nightmares
Dreams
Monsters
Cats
Birds
Alcohol Drinking
Imagination
Psychology

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