The Theodore Watts-Dunton Cabinet: Faust and Margaret in Prison
Henry Treffry Dunn (Truro 1838 - 1899)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1896 - circa 1898
Materials
Oil on panel
Measurements
655 x 445 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Wightwick Manor, West Midlands
NT 1288304.7
Summary
Oil painting on panel, Faust and Margaret in Prison by Henry Treffry Dunn (Truro 1838 - 1899), circa 1896-98. From the pen and brown ink drawing of around1856 (Surtees No. 82). The subject is from Goethe's play Faust. Mephistopheles, to whom Faust has sold his soul, is descending the steps.
Makers and roles
Henry Treffry Dunn (Truro 1838 - 1899), artist Thomas Keynes, woodcarver