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Marguerite au route (Marguerite at the spinning wheel): P.22-2024

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Titles

Marguerite au route (Marguerite at the spinning wheel)
Faust

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Delacroix, Eugène
Printer: Villain

Entities

Categories

Description

The print is one of Eugène Delacroix’s first literary illustrations, the tenth image in a series of seventeen for Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s 'Faust'. Marguerite (Gretchen) sits alone on the right of the image, with her back against the wall, a spinning wheel to her right and discarded book and spindle on the floor to her left. A vase of flowers on a table covered with a rug on the left.

Notes

History note: Purchased c.1984 by the donor

Legal notes

Given by Craig Hartley in honour of Jane Munro

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (2024) by Hartley, Craig

Dating

19th Century
Production date: AD 1827 : 1827, published after 1828

School or Style

French

Components of the work

Sheet Height 395 mm Width 271 mm

Techniques used in production

Lithograph

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: 'Delacroix invt: et Lithog:', 'Lith. de Villain', [with five lines of verse below]
  • Location: Below image
  • Method of creation: Printed
  • Type: Inscription

Identification numbers

Accession number: P.22-2024
Primary reference Number: 317589
Delteil: 67.III
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Audit data

Created: Friday 23 August 2024 Updated: Tuesday 25 March 2025 Last processed: Tuesday 25 March 2025

Associated departments & institutions

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

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