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Faust in the prison with Marguerite

Faust in the prison with Marguerite
(Faust dans la Prison de Marguerite)
(1828)
plate 17 from Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, published by Charles Motte, Paris, 1828

Medium
lithograph

Measurements
25.3 × 22.0 cm irreg. (image) 27.5 × 22.0 cm irreg. (image and text) 38.6 × 27.2 cm (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 74 ii

Edition
2nd of 7 states

Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Delacroix invt (. under t) et Lithog·
printed in ink l.r.: Ch. Motte, Imp (...illeg.) Editeur, a Paris.
printed in ink l.c.: Faust. _ Reviens à toi! un seul pas et tu es libre... / Meph: _ ......... Que de paroles mutiles! que de delais et d'incertitudes! / mes chevaux frissonnent: l'aube blanchit l'horizon.

Accession Number
P42.18-1982

Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings

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