Aladdin find the Princess in Africa

Edmund Dulac, 1882-1953

1915

Photographic reproduction of watercolor.

Source: “Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp” in Sinbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights

Although Dulac sets this illustration in Africa, the ever-eclectic artist draws upon Japanese painting for the face and hair of the princess.

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Formatting and text by George P. Landow

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Bibliography

Housman, Laurence. Sinbad the Sailor and other Stories from the Arabian Nights. London: Hodder and Stoughton, 1915. Internet Archive version of a copy in the New York Public Library. Web. 9 January 2013

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