His Tail Set Wagging

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Behold him stop—upon his belly crawl!—His tail set wagging.

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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:

Two men in sixteenth-century attire walk along a path through open country, glancing back at a dog that playfully trails in their wake.

The caption reads in French: Il grogne et n’ose vous aborder, il se couche sur le ventre, il remue la queue…

English caption source: Faust, trans. by Bayard Taylor (New York: Arden Book Company, n.d.).

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