Arm and Escort

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A man and a couple in a close embrace are seen from the back walking the streets of a medieval city

Fair lady, let it not offend you,
That arm and escort I would lend you!

(Facing p. 73.)

Artist

Name:: Delacroix, Eugène
Dates:: 1798-1863
Country:: France

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Delacroix, Eugène
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Cleveland Museum of Art

Book

Title:: Faust (Delacroix)
Author:: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von
Publisher:: Paris: Ch. Motte, 1828

Description:

A man and a couple in a close embrace are seen from the back walking the streets of a medieval city, their heads turned to look sideways at the viewer.

The caption reads in French: Faust — Ma belle demoiselle, oserais-je vous offrir mon bras et vous reconduire chez vous ?

The caption in English was taken from the translation of Faust by Bayard Taylor. New York: Arden Book Company, n.d.

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