The Adventure Of Hunch-Back, And The Stories Connected With It, (From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.) with illustrative Prints, Engraved by William Daniell, From Pictures Painted By Robert Smirke, R.A
Printed for William Daniell by Thomas Davison, 1814. Stock ID #177240 A very good example of Orientalist art. Robert Smirk 1752. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1786, became an associate in 1792 and in the same year an academician. Most of his paintings are small....Those for the story of the Hunch-back engraved by Daniell were in his happiest manner. He died in London 1845. Bryan's Dictionary of Painters and Engravers - London 1927. When referring to this item please quote stockid 177240.
17 uncoloured aquatint plates mounted on India paper, tissue-guards, textblock complete but front and rear boards are disbound and only a fragment of the spine remains, with the stamp of the library of the University of Pennsylvania on the front paste-down and blind stamped throughout but not affecting the plates. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, slight water stains to some pages, edges browned but the plates are clean. 42.5 x 33.5cm.
Price: $500.00 AU