A Persian

Description

Title: A Persian
Creator: Smith, Emma, 1783-1853, printmaker
Contributor: Cosway, Maria Hadfield, 1759-1838, artist
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
Published / Created: [15 February 1801]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. Feby. 15, 1801, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, No. 101, Strand
Abstract: "A woman dressed in white, with clasped hands adoring the sun rising over mountains in the distance."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title engraved below image.
Four lines of verse beneath image, two on either side of title: When the bright sun displays its early ray, And tells the glories of the coming day ...
Provenance: Simon Beattie; October 2025.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 45.4 x 30.2 cm, on sheet 57.7 x 43.7 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English