Houghton Lowell 4211.30 – Smirke, Arabian Nights

Robert Smirke (original painting) / A. Smith (engraver)
Illustration, “The genius of the lamp appears to Aladdin and his mother”, from The Arabian Nights (London: W. Miller / W. Bulmer and Co., 1802), translated by the Reverend Edward Forster. Based on a painting by Robert Smirke, engraving by A. Smith. Lowell 4211.30, Houghton Library, Harvard University
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