Swear to Me

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A dwarf kneels before a brooding warrior with a horned helmet and a spear sitting against a carved stone

Swear to me, Hagen, my son!

(Facing p. 138.)

Artist

Name:: Rackham, Arthur
Dates:: 1867-1939
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Color Process
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: The New York Public Library, The Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Siegfried & the twilight of the gods
Author:: Wagner, Richard
Publisher:: London, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, William Heinemann, 1924
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A dwarf (Alberich) is kneeling, clasping the knee of a brooding, sullen-looking warrior (Hagen) who wears a horned helmet and holds a spear, seated against a carved stone in a mountainous landscape.

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