print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1849,0512.158
- Description
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Pekuah consoling her attendants: Pekuah, sitting under a tree to the right, looks upon two young women around her, one of them hugging her waist and looking at her, the other with her face hidden on Pekuah's lap; a group of men and a camel on the left background; illustration to Johnson's 'The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia' (London: Miller, 1805); proof before any letters.
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1805
- Dimensions
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Height: 154 millimetres (image)
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Width: 120 millimetres (trimmed)
- Curator's comments
- Published by William Miller in 1805 and again in 1819, with plates dated 1805.
See also 1847,0204.17 for a working proof.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abyssinia
- Acquisition date
- 1849
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1849,0512.158