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Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber

Print
1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
H. S. Nichols Ltd. (printers)
Albert Letchford (artist)
Place of origin
Britain (made)

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

Object details

Categories
Illustration
Prints
Photographs
Object type
Print
Titles
  • Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber (assigned by artist)
  • 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
Paper
Photogravure
Brief description
Photogravure entitled 'Abu Kir the Dyer and Abu Sir the Barber', 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.
Subjects depicted
Arabian
Illustration
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
SP.359:47

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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