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Marguerite at the spinning wheel

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

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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

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