[Faust] / Franklin T. Wood. – Antique Wall Art
![[Faust] / Franklin T. Wood., [New York : Society of American Etchers, 1934] — historic print](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/50/50eaa572638e-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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A window into the past: [Faust] / Franklin T. Wood., preserved in this historic print. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[Faust] / Franklin T. Wood.
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Few figures in German legend have drawn artists as persistently as Faust, the scholar said to have bargained away his soul for knowledge and power. This 1934 etching by Franklin T. Wood, issued in New York by the Society of American Etchers, is catalogued under a subject heading for reading, a fitting emblem of the learned man at the center of the story. The historical Johann Faust, who died around 1540, became the subject of tales about magic and a pact with the devil, which were fixed in print in a 1587 chapbook and later reshaped by Marlowe and Goethe.
| Created / published | [New York : Society of American Etchers, 1934] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : etching. |
| Genre | Etchings 1930-1940. |
| Subjects | Faust,--d. ca. 1540. Reading--1500-1540. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,133 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-167312 |
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