"The catalogue for the Royal Academy exhibition in 1831, where the present work was exhibited described the painting as ‘Faust preparing to dance with the young witch at the festival of the Wizards and Witches in the Hartz Mountains.’ Faust: what female form is that (Lord Gower’s Faust)." http://books0977.tumblr.com/post/136987488007/faust-and-lilith-exh1831-richard-westall