Scene from The Arabian Nights

Alfred William Cooper

Watercolour and gouche

4 x 2½ inches

This design was produced for the Routledge edition of The Arabian Nights (1896) and acted as a guide for the chromolithographer who converted Cooper’s original paintings into prints. This is a rare survivor and shows how carefully the artist prepared his illustrations. The Simon Cooke Collection.

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Scanned image and text by Simon Cooke.

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