Artwork Title: “In dragon’s form / Fafner now watches the hoard”

“In dragon’s form / Fafner now watches the hoard”, 1911

Arthur Rackham

From Act 1, Scene 2, of “Siegfried” (1871), by Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Published in “Siegfried & The Twilight of the Gods”, facing page 22.

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Arthur Rackham

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