The Ride of a Warrior Ghost

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Title	The Ride of a Warrior Ghost
Artist	Pierre-Félix Wiesener
Date	c. 1850
Institution	Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Location	Not on view.

Medium:

Drawings and Watercolors, Drawing | Black ink and chalk and estompe heightened with white on blue-green wove paper

Size:

20 7/16 x 28 5/8 in. (51.91 x 72.71 cm) (image)

Creation Place:

Europe, Germany

Culture:

Europe, Germany

Style:

19th century, French School

Inscriptions:

Signature [F. Wiesener inv. & del.], LR

Physical Description:

Illustration for Gottfried Burger's ballad, 'Lenore'

Credit:

Collection Minneapolis Institute of Arts; The Richard Lewis Hillstrom Fund

Accession Number:

99.42

Artist:

Pierre-Félix Wiesener, active 1840s-early 1850s

Role:

Artist

Nationality:

Life Dates:

active 1840s-early 1850s

Added to Site:

February 28, 2009