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Mephistopheles, flying above a city skyline at night: P.22-2022

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Mephistopheles, flying above a city skyline at night

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delacroix, Eugène

Entities

Categories

Description

First of a series of seventeen illustrations for a French translation by Albert Stapfer of part one of Goethe's Faust (Paris, 1828)

Legal notes

Given by the Executors of the Estate of David Scrase, 2022

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2022) by Executors of the Estate of David Scrase

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1828

Note

State with Vayron's name.

School or Style

French

Techniques used in production

Lithography

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.22-2022
Primary reference Number: 307420
Delteil: 58 iv/v
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Audit data

Created: Monday 8 November 2021 Updated: Thursday 2 March 2023 Last processed: Friday 8 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Paintings, Drawings and Prints

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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "Mephistopheles, flying above a city skyline at night" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/307420 Accessed: 2024-11-22 00:17:21

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{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/307420 |title=Mephistopheles, flying above a city skyline at night |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-11-22 00:17:21|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

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