print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1861,0810.310
- Title
- Object: Fount in the Desert
- Description
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A man wearing a long gown and fez, drinking from a gourd held for him by another man who stands by a well under a dome in the desert, his pipe and books resting against the parapet on the left, while a servant stands with a camel behind to right; illustration to Hall's 'Royal Gallery of Art' (1854); after Warren.
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1854 (circa)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 327 millimetres
-
Width: 449 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
-
- Curator's comments
- See 1866,1208.24 for proof before letters.
See 1872,1012.2227 for state with all lettering engraved closer to the image, with different publication line.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Royal Gallery of Art
- Acquisition date
- 1861
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1861,0810.310
