Kaled
Drawing
ca. 1825-70 (drawn)
ca. 1825-70 (drawn)
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Pencil drawing depicting Kaled, a page from a narrative poem by Lord Byron entitled 'Lara, A Tale'. Inscribed with lines from the poem. The character of Kaled is a a female disguised as a male. Lara returns to the feudal castle of his youth, followed by his page Kaled (Gulnare in disguise). When Lara is suspected of murdering a man who would reveal his past crimes, he joins a serf uprising and is killed in battle. Kaled, her true identity discovered, descends into madness and dies.
Object details
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| Title | Kaled (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Drawing |
| Brief description | Drawing by Daniel Maclise depicting Kaled, a page from a narrative poem by Lord Byron entitled 'Lara, A Tale'. Great Britain, ca. 1825-70. |
| Physical description | Pencil drawing depicting Kaled, a page from a narrative poem by Lord Byron entitled 'Lara, A Tale'. Inscribed with lines from the poem. The character of Kaled is a a female disguised as a male. Lara returns to the feudal castle of his youth, followed by his page Kaled (Gulnare in disguise). When Lara is suspected of murdering a man who would reveal his past crimes, he joins a serf uprising and is killed in battle. Kaled, her true identity discovered, descends into madness and dies. |
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| Credit line | Forster Bequest |
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| Literary reference | Lord Byron |
| Bibliographic reference | Pillar stand of thirty frames, containing three hundred and ninety drawings and sketches in pencil, pen and ink, and colour - figures, landscapes, etc. There are also seven by other hands (aside from Maclise) - Calderon, T.S. Cooper, Cope, Herbert, and Landseer, all R.A., F. Danby, A.R.A., and G. Cattermole.
These drawings and sketches include the following celebrated persons, amongst whom were several more of the Gallery of Illustrious Literary Characters: C.J. Apperley, Sir Egerton Brydges, Edward Bulwer-Lytton (Lord Lytton), G. Cattermole, Sir Alexander Cockburn, Joshua Cristall, Benjamin Disraeli (Earl of Beaconsfield), M. Faraday etc. |
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| Accession number | F.88:262 |
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| Record created | June 8, 2009 |
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