print;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1913,0415.179.163
- Title
- Object: The Monster and the Wife of the Prince of the Saracens
- Description
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A large, hairy, fanged monster emerging from billowing smoke holding a pair of fire-tongs and glowering at a woen who is crouched, unconscious, at the foot of a gnarled tree on the left, while a man looks around the tree-trunk, stringing a bow; illustration to the 'Arabian Nights', p.509; touched proof.
Wood-engraving with touches of white
- Production date
- 1865
- Dimensions
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Height: 102 millimetres
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Width: 133 millimetres (image)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- Copies of the published books are in the BM: de Beaumont F16 (parts) and 17.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: Illustrated Arabian Nights' Entertainments
- Acquisition date
- 1913
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1913,0415.179.163