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King of the Hoopoes

Maker

(artist)
1836-1875

(engraver)
1820-1909

Title

King of the Hoopoes

Date of Production

18/11/1865

Medium

Wood engraving, black ink on paper

Dimensions

Height: 12.7 cm
Width: 12.5 cm

Accession Number

G.1990.WL.4550

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

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Provenance

previous owner: Witt, Robert (Sir)

Inscriptions

Inscription: In image, recto: lower left, black ink: "SWAIN sc."; lower right, black ink: "AHoughton". Sheet, recto: upper margin, black print: "Nov. 18, 1865.] ONCE A WEEK. 603 / II. / But Solyman ... [12 lines of text in two columns] ... my neck!"; lower margin, black print: "Ah! it's a shade ... [11 lines of text in two columns] ... tails of your nation."; left of lower margin, pencil: "Poem King Salzman of the Hoopoes."

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