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Marguerite at the spinning wheel
(Marguerite au Rouet)
(1828)
plate 10 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828
Medium
lithograph
Measurements
22.7 × 18.2 cm irreg. (image) 25.7 × 18.2 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.5 × 27.3 cm irreg. (sheet)
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
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Delteil 67 ii/vii
Edition
2nd of 7 states
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (.. under t) et Lithog:
printed in ink l.r.: Ch: Motte, Impr (" under r) Editeur, à Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: Sans lui l'existence / N'est qu'un lourd fardeau / Ce monde si beau / N'est qu'un ton beau / Dans sou absence.
Accession Number
P42.11-1982
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Subjects (general)
Human Figures Literary and Text
Subjects (specific)
dresses (garments) illustrations (layout features) literary characters seated figures spinners spinning wheels women (female humans) yarn
Movements
Romanticism (modern European styles)