print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1868,0822.3691
- Title
- Object: Noureddin & the beautiful Persian
- Description
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Noureddin, lying on the floor drunk, holding a cup in his right hand, talking to the fisherman; the fair Persian seated behind Noureddin, looking at him, and another man behind them with a jug in his right hand; the Caliph dressed as a fisherman on the right, holding a fish; drins and plates with fruit on the floor and on a table to the left; illustration to vol. 3, page 264 of 'Noureddin and the fair Persian', for Forster's edition of 'Arabian Nights' (London: Miller, 1802); after Smirke. 1802
Etching and engraving
- Production date
- 1802
- Dimensions
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Height: 228 millimetres (sheet)
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Width: 148 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Not to be confused with the 1810 Longman edition of the 'Arabian Nights', which has different illustrations by Smirke from those in the bigger and more famous 1802 William Miller edition.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Arabian Nights
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Associated Title: Noureddin and the Fair Persian
- Acquisition date
- 1868
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1868,0822.3691