The Ghost on the Terrace (Act I, Scene V), 1843

  • Eugène Delacroix, French, 1798-1863
  • Gihaut Frères, French, active 1820-1850
  • Villain, French, 1819-1822

Lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper

  • Image (excluding letters): 10 1/8 × 7 1/2 inches (25.7 × 19.1 cm) Sheet: 16 3/8 × 10 3/4 inches (41.6 × 27.3 cm)

Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund

67.259

Signed on stone, lower right: Eug. Delacroix

Inscribed, printed below image, center: Je suis l'esprit de ton pere\...Venge le d'un meurtre infame et denature. Lower right: Lith. de Villain. In pencil, center bottom margin: 2 [circled] Dated on stone, lower right: 1843

1968-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Eugène Delacroix, The Ghost on the Terrace (Act I, Scene V), 1843, lithograph printed in black ink on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, John S. Newberry Fund, 67.259.