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Drawing, Illustration of Mephistopheles with Cavalier, Illustration for Scribner's Magazine (XVIII, No. 6, December 1895, p. 746)

This is a Drawing. It was created by Oliver Herford and published by Charles Scribners’ Sons. It is dated ca. 1895 and we acquired it in 1953. Its medium is pen and black ink on illustration board. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

Its dimensions are

32.4 × 24.1 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.)

It is signed

Signed lower left: O. Herford

Cite this object as

Drawing, Illustration of Mephistopheles with Cavalier, Illustration for Scribner's Magazine (XVIII, No. 6, December 1895, p. 746); Oliver Herford (American, 1863 - 1935); Published by Charles Scribner's Sons; USA; pen and black ink on illustration board; 32.4 × 24.1 cm (12 3/4 × 9 1/2 in.); 1953-48-10

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