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Faust and Wagner

Henri Jean Augustin Leys, Théophile Gautier

Faust and Wagner

1868

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Henri Jean Augustin Leys, Théophile Gautier

Faust and Wagner

1868

Physical Qualities Etching, 187 × 152 mm. (7 3/8 × 6 in.)
Credit Line Garrett Collection
Object Number 1946.112.3195
An illustration for a sonnet by Th. Gautier entitled 'Promenade hors des Murs' published in "Sonnets et Eaux-fortes" 1869. BM curator comments for title page of Sonnetset Eaux-fortes (1870,0514.897): From a volume ( 396 x 305mm) containing prints by forty-two artists including Doré, Manet, Corot, Millet and Daubigny, illustrating the work of various poets (Paris: Alphonse Lemerre Éditeur, 1869); each etching shown in duplicate with the first impression, opposite the sonnet, printed in sepia ink, the second on the following page in black on grey chine collé, with table of poets, artists and titles at back; volume bound in green buckram with marbled endpapers; from an edition of 350. A page at the front of the volume states that the illustration was under the direction of Philippe Burty.

Markings: CM: Claghorn

Artist

Henri Jean Augustin Leys

Belgian, 1815-1869
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Author

Théophile Gautier

French, 1811 - 1872
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