‘Abd el Rahman’ [portrait for Seven Pillars of Wisdom, limited Castle Hill Press edition]

Name: ‘Abd el Rahman’ [portrait for Seven Pillars of Wisdom, limited Castle Hill Press edition]
Author: [T.E. Lawrence] -- KENNINGTON, Eric Henri

Book Description

ONE OF ERIC KENNINGTON'S ARAB PORTRAITS FOR SEVEN PILLARS OF WISDOM, THE LIMITED EDITION BY THE CASTLE HILL PRESS: 'ABD EL RAHMAN', A RUNAWAY SLAVE FROM RIYADTH

Colour print with calligraphic manuscript title and limitation, and printed artist’s name and imprint below (338 x 257mm). Cardboard mount, as issued (500 x 400mm). A fine copy.

Dealer Notes

No. 60 of 225. Abd el Rahman was ‘a runaway slave from Riyadth’ (Seven Pillars of Wisdom (London, 1935), p. 391), who served in Lawrence’s bodyguard. The original pastel drawing was executed by Kennington in 1921, and in 1959 he deposited it as diploma work with the Royal Academy of Arts, London, where it remains.

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Author [T.E. Lawrence] -- KENNINGTON, Eric Henri

Date 1997

Publisher Fordingbridge: Castle Hill Press

Price: £95.00

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