An illustration to Shakespeare's Twelth Night, Act IV, scene ii. The drawing, typical of Fuseli's style in the second half of his career, is however based on the same scene as shown in one of his designs done in Rome c. 1777-8 for a room frescoed with scenes from Shakespeare in the manner of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling, that inscribed 'VIOLA' (S. 475; British Museum, Roman Album). The subject was engraved in 1803 by W. Bromley after Fuseli for Chalmer's Shakespeare, published in 1805, and this drawing, which is in reverse, seems to be related, though it differs in the setting and in showing Malvolio slumped in despair rather than welcoming his visitors with outstretched arms; the figure of Maria is identical, and has in fact been indented for transfer. At this point Feste is disguised as Dr Topas the curate, in gown and beard, as is seen more clearly in Bromley's engraving