print;
newspaper/periodical
- Museum number
- 1870,0514.1649
- Title
- Object: Sadak
- Description
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Sadak in search of the waters of oblivion, clinging onto the edge of a ledge in the foreground beside a waterfall in a sublime rocky landscape, a cave glowing across the water and rays of light and bolts of lightning from clouds at top left; subject from 'Tales of the Genii' (1762, translated by Charles Morell); proof illustration to 'The Keepsake' of 1828 (p. 168); proof before letters. 1827
Etching and engraving on chine collé
- Production date
- 1827
- Dimensions
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Height: 215 millimetres
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Width: 145 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- See and 1868,0822.2995 for another impression and 1864,0611.624 and 1864,0514.244 for lettered impressions and note on the painting
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
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Associated Title: Tales of the Genii
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Associated Title: The Keepsake
- Acquisition date
- 1870
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1870,0514.1649