The Sultan of Casgar's purveyor takes the corps of little hunch back (which is let down his chimney) for a robber Arabn. nights entt. / [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > The Sultan of Casgar's purveyor takes the corps of little hunch back (which is let down his chimney) for a robber Arabn. nights entt. / [graphic]


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Title
The Sultan of Casgar's purveyor takes the corps of little hunch back (which is let down his chimney) for a robber Arabn. nights entt. / [graphic]
Creator
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Contributor
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist.
Jones, J. approximately 1745-1797, publisher.
Published / Created
[24 December 1785]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd as the act directs Decr. 24, 1785, by J. Jones, No. 63 Great Portland Street
Abstract

"In his kitchen, the angry sultan stands at right with a stick in his hand, ready to swing for the figure in the fireplace at left, which is actually the body of a man suspended by loops of rope under his arms, the sultan's wife standing behind at right; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from text below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Mounted on page 45 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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 30.8 x 37 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title
Volume 2, page 45. 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 1785
Etchings England London 1785
Material
stipple engraving and etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Sultans
Anger
Kitchens
Staffs (Sticks)
Fireplaces
Subjects
Arabian nights > Illustrations
Sultans
Anger
Kitchens
Staffs (Sticks)
Fireplaces
England > London > 1785
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Maidment, Brian > Donor

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
15384748
Object ID (OID)
17355533

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