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Recollections of the Arabian Nights, reclining figure in boat

Maker

(artist)
1827-1910

(engraver)
1798-1862

Title

Recollections of the Arabian Nights, reclining figure in boat

Date of Production

1857 [?]

Medium

Ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 11.1 cm
Width: 12.6 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4513

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1990

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords



















Label Text

The Pre-Raphaelite painter William Holman Hunt travelled to the Middle East in 1854, driven by what he called his “oriental mania”. His writings suggest he saw places through the lens of Arabian Nights, describing “a mosque with marble inlaid work that seemed to belong to the time of Harun al Raschid”, a historical figure fictionalised and made famous by Arabian
Nights. These prints were produced by Holman Hunt to illustrate Alfred Lord Tennyson’s poem, Recollections of the Arabian Nights of 1830.

Provenance

previous owner : Witt, Robert (Sir)

Exhibition History

Drawing on Arabian Nights, The Courtauld Gallery, London, 22/02/2023-04/06/2023

Inscriptions

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower left corner within image & recto : on side of boat, T over W : T / W //

Inscription: inscription : printed : lower right corner within image & recto : in water, W printed over hh : W / hh //

Inscription: inscription : manuscript pencil : upper left corner mount & recto : later Witt inscription : 917/42 (46) //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : upper right corner mount & recto : later Witt inscription : WITT / LIBRARY //

Inscription: inscription : stamped : centre mount & recto : later Hampstead inscription : HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928. //

Inscription: inscription : later manuscript : bottom left mount & recto : later Witt inscription : RECOLLECTIONS OF THE ARABIAN NIGHTS //

Inscription: inscription : later manuscript : bottom corner mount & recto : later Witt inscription : W.M. HOLMAN HUNT. //

Inscription: inscription : later manuscript pencil : bottom right mount & recto : later Witt inscription : P.T.O. //

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