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Méphistophélès in the students' tavern

Méphistophélès in the students' tavern
(Méphistophélès dans la Taverne des Etudiants)
(1828)
plate 7 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828

Medium
lithograph
Measurements
29.0 × 22.3 cm irreg. (image) 30.3 × 22.3 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.5 × 27.3 cm (sheet)
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 64 ii/vii
Edition
2nd of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed in ink l.c.l.: _Au feu, à l'aide, l'enfer s'allume. / ....._Sorcellerie! jettez vous sur lui ....son affaire ne sera pas longue.
printed in ink l.r.: Ch: Motte, Impr (.. under r) Editeur, à Paris.
Accession Number
P42.8-1982
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Purchased through The Art Foundation of Victoria with the assistance of the National Gallery Women's Association, Governor, 1982
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
Not on display
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text Religion and Mythology
Subjects (specific)
demons fires (events) illustrations (layout features) legendary beings literary characters men (male humans) students taverns
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)