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.
1 print : stipple engraving and etching ; sheet 30.6 x 36.5 cm.
Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance: Brian Maidment; July 2024.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 30.8 x 37 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Maidment B87 no. 2 Box 1
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]

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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

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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