The Adventure Of Hunch-Back, And The Stories Connected With It, (From The Arabian Nights Entertainments.) with illustrative Prints, Engraved By William Daniell, From Pictures Painted By Robert Smirke, R.A.
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Responsibility Note
The names of the source artist and the engraver are engraved on each plate: 'R. Smirke R.A. pinxt. W. Daniell sculpt.'
Each plate carries the publication-line, 'Published by William Daniell, London, June 1, 1814.'
The printer's name is repeated in the colophon.
References
T. Sutton, The Daniells: artists and travellers (1954), p.179, no.51.
Summary Note
The plates are aquatint etchings.
The plates show the following episodes (as described in their engraved captions): Hunch-Back & The Tailor; The Supper; The Jewish Physician; The Purveyor; The Christian Merchant; From The Merchants Story; From The Purveyors Story; From The Physicians Story; From The Tailors Story; The Officious Barber; Bacbouc, The Barbers First Brother; Bacbarah, The Barbers Second Brother; Backbac, The Barbers Third Brother; Alcouz, The Barbers Fourth Brother; Alnaschar, The Barbers Fifth Brother; Schacabac, The Barbers Sixth Brother; The Recovery Of Hunchback.
The illustrator, Robert Smirke, had become a Member of the Royal Academy in 1793. He liked painting literary subjects, and was a prolific book-illustrator (Hume's History of England and the Boydell Shakespear are among his best-known works). He had published illustrations for the Arabian Nights in 1802 and 1810, and would do so again in 1839. In 1818 he illustrated Cervantes's Don Quixote - returning to the theme on which he had painted his Royal Academy diploma work in 1793.
The engraver, William Daniell, was best-known for the eight-volume Oriental scenery (1795-1808) which he and his uncle, Thomas Daniell, published on their return from India, and for the paintings of India which they exhibited at the Royal Academy and the British Institution. In the same year as The Adventure of Hunch-back was published, William began to issue A Picturesque voyage round Great Britain (1814-25). In 1822 he became a Member of the Royal Academy (Thomas had become an Academician in 1799).
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Fiction - Tales - Fairy tales - Translations into English - Translations from Arabic - 19th century
Fiction - Tales - Fairy tales - Arabic literature - Folk literature, Arabic
Fiction - Tales - Fairy tales - Arabic literature - Folk literature, Arabic
Fiction - Tales - Fairy tales - Translations into English - Translations from Arabic - Great Britain - 19th century
Illustrated books - Pictorial works - Aquatints - Great Britain - 19th century
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William Daniell RA
Hunch-back & the Tailor, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
The Supper, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
The Jewish Physician, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
The Purveyor, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
The Christian Merchant, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
From the Merchant's Story, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
From the Purveyor's Story, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
From the Physician's Story, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
From the Tailor's Story, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
The Officious Barber, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
Bacbouc, the Barber's first brother, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
Bacbarah, the Barber's second brother, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
Backbac, the Barber's third brother, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
Alcouz, the Barber's fourth brother, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
Alnaschar, the Barber's fifth brother, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
Schacabac, the Barber's sixth brother, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching
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William Daniell RA
The Recovery of Hunchback, 1 June 1814
Aquatint and etching