Robert Smirke, 1752–1845, British, Scenes from an Eastern Romance [Arabian Nights], undated
- Title:
- Scenes from an Eastern Romance [Arabian Nights]
- Additional Title(s):
- Illustration for an Eastern Romance, possibly 'The Arabian Nights' (with reclining male figure, small boy and angel)
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Oil and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to medium, moderately textured, gray wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 4 1/8 × 3 inches (10.5 × 7.6 cm), Mount: 6 3/4 × 5 1/4 inches (17.1 × 13.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back in upper center: "5824 Smirke"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1981.25.584
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- angel | literary theme | prayer | turban
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:19852
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Smirke, one of the most prolific book illustrators of the early nineteenth century, produced illustrations for several editions of the Arabian Nights, of which these may be examples. The Arabian Nights were first translated from Arabic into French by Antoine Galland in 1704-17 and almost immediately published in translation in England, where they became enormously popular and influential. Gallery label for Pearls to pyramids: British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1820 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830 [wall labels], Yale Center for British Art, 2008, p. 33, V 2576 (YCBA) [YCBA]
Pearls to pyramids : British visual culture and the Levant, 1600-1830, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 2008, p. 16, V1880 [ORBIS]
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