Arabian Nights Scene - Original English Pen and Watercolor Drawing
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Original pen and watercolor drawing of the 19th century English school: a woman in a turban and striped trousers kneels at the edge of the canal and lifts a newborn child from a small boat, before the pavilion of the palace garden. Below, written by hand, the caption explaining the scene.
Original pen and watercolor drawing of the 19th century English school: a woman in a turban and striped trousers kneels at the edge of the canal and lifts a newborn child from a small boat, before the pavilion of the palace garden. Below, written by hand, the caption explaining the scene.
The text identifies the episode from the Arabian Nights in which the two elder sisters, envious of the youngest, abandon her children one by one in the palace garden canal, where the intendant of the gardens finds them and raises them as his own: it is the opening of the tale of the speaking bird, the singing tree and the golden water.
Medium: Original pen and ink drawing, watercolored.
Date: 19th century.
Dimensions: 8.7 x 7 in (22 x 17.7 cm).
Condition: Paper browned, with irregular edges and some creasing; the drawing and the manuscript caption complete and perfectly legible.
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Original pen and watercolor drawing of the 19th century English school: a woman in a turban and striped trousers kneels at the edge of the canal and lifts a newborn child from a small boat, before the pavilion of the palace garden. Below, written by hand, the caption explaining the scene.