The genii takes beddridin [sic] Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus Arabn. nights entt. / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > The genii takes beddridin [sic] Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus Arabn. nights entt. / [graphic]


17355612

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Title
The genii takes beddridin [sic] Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus Arabn. nights entt. / [graphic]
Alternative Title
Genii takes beddridin Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus
Genii takes bedridden Hassen from the bed of the beautiful lady and lays him at the gates of Damascus
Creator
Pettit, John, active 1780-1790, printmaker
Contributor
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Jones, J. approximately 1745-1797, publisher.
Published / Created
[23 December 1786]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd Decr. 23d, 1786, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street, Marylebone
Abstract

"A woman reclining on a bed at left with her breasts exposed, at right a man lying in the arms of an angel; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 46 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
1 print : stipple engraving and etching in bistre ink on laid paper ; sheet 30.6 x 36.8 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance
Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 50, to H.G. Bohn, £7.7.0 [London, 733]; from an undergraduate at King's College, through Scribner's, May 1952, to W.S. Lewis, $225.
Extent
1 print : sheet 300 x 354 mm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title
Volume 2, page 46. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Collection/Other Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, collector.
Collection Date
[Strawberry Hill], [between 1765 and 1792]

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Illustrations
Book illustrations
Stipple engravings England London 1786
Etchings England London 1786
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
stipple engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Beds
Angels
Subjects
Arabian nights > Illustrations
Beds
Angels
England > London > 1786
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
7780400
Object ID (OID)
17355612

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