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3 sheet vintage French poster featuring a character in a red jester or devil's costume, identified as Mephistopheles.
Description and Context
Character: The figure depicted is Mephistopheles, the cunning demon from German folklore, famously associated with the Faust legend and Goethe's play Faust.
Artwork Details: The image is a large-sized color lithograph, created circa the late 19th or early 20th century (specifically between approximately 1880 and 1918). It was published by C. Burckardt's Nachf. in Wissembourg, Alsace (then part of the German Empire).
Purpose: This specific print was part of a series of "life-size character" posters, likely used for carnival sideshows, fancy dress ideas, or theatrical advertising, as indicated by its size and context within vintage poster collections.
Appearance: The character wears a bright red and maroon costume with a pointed hat and a long, curved green plume. His features are exaggerated with a long nose, pointed beard, and long, pointed fingernails, emphasizing his diabolical nature. |
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