printing-block;
book-illustration
- Museum number
- 1992,0406.413
- Title
- Object: The Bride of Abydos
- Description
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A male and female figure on either side of the image. The male (Selim) wears a turban and sword, and leans on a windowsill, whilst the woman (Zuleika) tends to a bush. Illustration for 'The Bride of Abydos' by Lord Byron, in 'The Poetical Works of Lord Byron' (London: Frederic Warne, [n.d.]), facing p. 190.
1868
Engraved boxwood woodblock
- Production date
- 1868
- Dimensions
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Height: 135 millimetres
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Thickness: 23 millimetres
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Width: 79 millimetres
- Curator's comments
- Catalogued by Bethan Stevens (University of Sussex) and Beatrice Herrera in partnership with the British Museum and the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC); digital photography by Sylph Editions, London (www.sylpheditions.com).
For a copy of the published book, see British Museum ref. no. 1992,0406.49. For a proof of the block in the Dalziel Archive, see ref. no. 1913,0415.185, print no. 682.
- Location
- Not on display
- Associated titles
Associated Title: The poetical works of Lord Byron
- Acquisition date
- 1992
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1992,0406.413