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Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad

Print
1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Photogravure illustrating a scene from 'One Thousand and One Nights', also known as 'Arabian Nights'. Most plates signed LETCHFORD.


Object details

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Object type
Titles
  • Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad (generic title)
  • A Series Of Seventy Original Illustrations To Captain Sir R. F. Burton's "Arabian Nights" And A Portrait Of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., Etc. Etc. reproduced From The Original Pictures In Oils Specially Painted By Albert Letchford (series title)
Materials and techniques
Photogravure
Brief description
Photogravure entitled 'Khalifah the Fisherman of Baghdad', by Albert Letchford from a deluxe edition entitled 'A Series Of Seventy Original Illustrations To Captain Sir R. F. Burton's "Arabian Nights" And A Portrait Of Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton K.C.M.G., F.R.G.S., Etc. Etc. reproduced From The Original Pictures In Oils Specially Painted By Albert Letchford'. Great Britain, 1897.
Physical description
Photogravure illustrating a scene from 'One Thousand and One Nights', also known as 'Arabian Nights'. Most plates signed LETCHFORD.
Dimensions
  • Size of portfolio cover height: 59.7cm
  • Width: 45.4 cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Production typeLimited edition
Marks and inscriptions
Letchford (Signed)
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Production
Two hundred and fifty copies of the Choice Edition de Luxe were issued, numbered 31 to 280. SP359 is not numbered, probably because it originally belonged to the Letchford family; see Searight Archive for provenance.
See also SD578.
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Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.359:46

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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