MacDOUGALL | The Fall of the Nibelungs, series of 12 illustrations, 1897

MACDOUGALL, W.B.

Twelve ink drawings for The Fall of the Nibelungs by Margaret Armour, 1897:

approx. 200 by 150mm. (average), ink drawings heightened with gouache, comprising ornamental title-page, sheet of 17 decorative initial letters and 10 full-page designs with ornamental borders, all mounted, framed and glazed, occasional spotting

Reproduced as illustrations to a translation of The Fall of the Nibelungs by Margaret Armour published by J.M. Dent in 1897. The 10 full-page designs are as follows: "Siegfried goeth by the side of her whom he coveteth for his dear one", "The heroes disembark before the castle of Brunhild", "The Burgundians ride forth to welcome Brunhild", "Siegfried is stabbed by Hagen", "Kriemhild with the head of Gunther", "Rudeger urgeth Etzel's suit", "Hagen and the Mermaids", "They throw down the dead", "The King and Queen entreat Rudeger to fight with the Burgundians" and "Hildebrand fleeth from Hagen".

PROVENANCE:

The Archive of J.M. Dent and Son, Sotheby's, 17 June 1987, lot 810

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