Merchant and Genie

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Four men look astonished as a stern genie appears in the midst of a large cloud of smoke — The merchant and the genie.

Artist

Name:: Morten, Thomas
Dates:: 1836-1866
Country:: UK

Illustration

Subject:: Narratives
Technique:: Wood engraving
Engraver:: Dalziel, the brothers
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: California Digital Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Dalziel's illustrated Arabian nights' entertainments
Author(s):: Anonymous
Publisher:: London: Ward, Lock, and Tyler, n.d. [1865?]
Open Library:: View record

Description

Four men in turbans look astonished and alarmed as a genie appears in the midst of a large cloud of smoke, visible from the waist up, in the guise of a stern giant carrying a scimitar.

Keywords: 1860s, 19th century, black & white, eerie, frightened, giant, One thousand and one nights, supernatural, surprise, Victorian