Ala al Din Abu al Shamat
- Object:
Print
- Place of origin:
Britain (made)
- Date:
1897 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Letchford, Albert, born 1866 - died 1905 (artist)
H. S. Nichols Ltd. (printers) - Materials and Techniques:
Photogravure
- Credit Line:
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
- Museum number:
SP.359:20
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, level D, case 89, shelf 13
Physical description
Photogravure illustrating a scene from 'One Thousand and One Nights', also known as 'Arabian Nights'. Most plates signed LETCHFORD.
Place of Origin
Britain (made)
Date
1897 (made)
Artist/maker
Letchford, Albert, born 1866 - died 1905 (artist)
H. S. Nichols Ltd. (printers)
Materials and Techniques
Photogravure
Marks and inscriptions
Letchford
Signed
Dimensions
Height: 59.7 cm Size of portfolio cover, Width: 45.4 cm
Descriptive line
Photogravure entitled 'Ala al Din Abu al Shamat', 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.
Production Note
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.
Materials
Paper
Techniques
Photogravure
Subjects depicted
Illustration; Arabian
Categories
Illustration; Prints; Photographs
Production Type
Limited edition
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
