Artist Harry Clarke was born in Dublin, Ireland, on 17th March 1889. He was a leading artist of the Irish Arts and Crafts Movement, as well as the Golden Age of Illustration.
He was a children's book illustrator and a well-known designer of stained glass.
For full biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works by Clarke, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 7-part series on the works of Harry Clarke:
1927 Faust:
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He was a children's book illustrator and a well-known designer of stained glass.
For full biographical notes see part 1, and for earlier works by Clarke, see parts 1 - 4 also.
This is part 5 of a 7-part series on the works of Harry Clarke:
1927 Faust:
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| Margaret "Dearest and best, with my whole heart I love thee" |
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| Mephistopheles "Is there anything in my poor power to serve you?" |
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| Siebel "Clustering grapes invite the hand" |
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| Faust "Methinks, a million fools in choir are raving and will never tire" |
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| Margaret "Drest thus, I seem a different creature!" |
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| Weathercock "I'll fly from this place, with one bound, to hell, or anywhere, to leave 'em" |
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| Mephistopheles "Forward! forward! faster! faster!" |
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| Mephistopheles "Come - she is judged!" |
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| Tailpiece |
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| Faust "Modest she seems and good and mild, though something pert was her reply" |
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| Faust "I wish you had something else to do than thus torment me when I'm quiet" |
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| Margaret "And who my wound can heal, and who the pain can feel?" |
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| Mephistopheles "Already is the cry of murder raised." |
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| Mephistopheles "Firmly seize the old projections of the ribbed rock" |
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| Wizards and Warlocks "On a road like this men droop and drivel, while woman goes fearless and fast to the devil" |
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| Margaret "Does not death lurk without?" |
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| Contents page spot illustration |
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| Dedication page |
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| Endpaper |
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| Endpaper |