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 dress walk on a path in flat open country and turn to look at the dog playfully following them.

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

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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