Steenie or Redgauntlet Pursued by a Goblin on Horseback

Description

A large horse carries the foremost rider at the left of Eugène Delacroix’s print, while a second mounted figure follows behind at the right. The open landscape gives the pursuit space to unfold. Identified as Steenie or Redgauntlet pursued by a goblin, the scene joins a recognizable physical action to the presence of a supernatural visitor.

Made in 1829, the work is an unfinished lithograph. Its incomplete status belongs to the original artwork, offering an encounter with a composition that has not reached a final printed resolution. Delacroix gives the subject a dramatic direction through the idea of pursuit, allowing narrative tension to persist within a working image. The appeal lies in the meeting of a recognizable physical action with a world whose threatening visitor exceeds ordinary experience.