Sakoontalá

1855

George Measom

Artist, British (?), active 19th century

Kálidása

Author, Indian, active 4th century

Stephen Austin

Publisher, founded 1768

George Measom (artist), after T. Sulman, Kálidása (author), Stephen Austin (pubilsher/printer)

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    bound volume with one wood-engraved frontispiece and fourteen wood-engraved illustrations by George Measom after T. Sulman; one color title-page and one illuminated title-page; all borders and decorations colored and heightened with gold

  • Credit Line

    William B. O'Neal Fund

  • Dimensions

    page size: 21.9 x 16.8 cm (8 5/8 x 6 5/8 in.)
    book: 23 x 18.3 x 3 cm (9 1/16 x 7 3/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
    case: 25.4 x 21.5 x 4.8 cm (10 x 8 7/16 x 1 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.23.1

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard J. Shapero Rare Books, London); purchased 2009 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

Stamped on upper cover: SAKOONTALA / OR THE / LOST RING; on spine: INDRA / SAKOONTALA / KANWA / HERTFORD. / STEPHEN AUSTIN; on verso of first free end paper in graphite by later hand: (not dec.) / McLean pg 57 / Victorian publisher binding / illustrates this binding / 63930 / LBB / I29

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