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Illustrations to Goethe's Faust

1871
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Object Information
  • Title: Illustrations to Goethe's Faust
  • Author: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (German, Frankfurt am Main 1749–1832 Weimar, Saxe-Weimar)
  • Translator: Bayard Taylor (American, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 1825–1878)
  • Illustrator: Paul Konewka (German, Greifswald 1841–1871 Berlin)
  • Publisher: Roberts Brothers (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Printer: John Wilson & Son (Boston, Massachusetts)
  • Date: 1871
  • Medium: Illustrations: woodcut
  • Dimensions: 11 7/8 x 9 x 1/2 in. (30.2 x 22.9 x 1.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Glenn Tilley Morse Collection, Bequest of Glenn Tilley Morse, 1950
  • Object Number: 50.602.258
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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