Johann Kaspar Füssli, also written Johann Caspar Fuesslins or Fuessly (9 March 1743 – 4 May 1786), was a Swiss painter, entomologist and

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. He was born in Zurich, the son of

Johann Caspar Füssli Johann Caspar Füssli (3 January 1706 – 6 May 1782) was a Swiss portrait painter and writer. Biography Füssli was born in Zurich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer. He studied painting in Vienna betwee ...

(1706–1782) and Anna Elisabeth Waser. He was thus the brother of

Henry Fuseli Henry Fuseli ( ; German: Johann Heinrich Füssli ; 7 February 1741 – 17 April 1825) was a Swiss painter, draughtsman and writer on art who spent much of his life in Britain. Many of his works, such as '' The Nightmare'', deal with supernatu ...

(Johann Heinrich Füssli, 1745–1825). He married twice: to Verena Störi in 1770, and Anna Elisabeth Kilchsperger in 1774. The only spider species he described (as Fuesslin, 1775) is the "daddy long-legs spider", ''

Pholcus phalangioides ''Pholcus phalangioides'', commonly known as daddy long-legs spider or long-bodied cellar spider, is a spider of the family Pholcidae. It is also known as the skull spider, since its cephalothorax resembles a human skull. This is the only spid ...

'', also known as "cellar spider". He died, aged 43, in

Winterthur , neighboring_municipalities = Brütten, Dinhard, Elsau, Hettlingen, Illnau-Effretikon, Kyburg, Lindau, Neftenbach, Oberembrach, Pfungen, Rickenbach, Schlatt, Seuzach, Wiesendangen, Zell , twintowns = Hall in Tirol (Austria ...

Publications

* ''Verzeichnis der ihm bekannten Schweitzerischen Inseckten'' (1775) * '' Magazin für die Liebhaber der Entomologie'' two tomes (1778–79) * ''Neue Magazin für Liebhaber der Entomologie'' (1781–86).

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Scan of ''Verzeichniss der ihm bekannten Schweizerischen Inseckten : mit einer augemahlten Kupfertafel: nebst der Ankhundigung eines neuen Insecten Werks Joh. Caspar Fuesslins'' 1775. {{DEFAULTSORT:Fussli, Johann Kaspar Swiss entomologists 18th-century Swiss painters 18th-century Swiss male artists Swiss male painters 1743 births 1786 deaths Artists from Zürich Johann Kaspar