Antique coloured plate of a Persian Love Story "Laylá and Majnún", 1915

€19.95
Item number: 2.6

Add a touch of magic and colour to your kid's or any other room with this lovely tipped coloured plate of "Laylá and Majnún", a Persian Love Story by Edmund Dulac. 

 

The accompanying text for this illustration is: "She would sit for hours, with the bird perched on the back of her hand, listening to its soft intonation of that one word 'Majnún'."

 

This beautiful 109-year-old plate is in excellent condition and comes with a pre-cut high quality matboard with a shimmering pink coloured  top layer. The matboard is acid-free, protecting the print. 

 

The image you see is a photograph of the actual item. 

 

Edmund Dulac (1882-1953) was a French British magazine illustrator, book illustrator and stamp designer. During World War I, he contributed to relief books including his own Edmund Dulac's Picture-Book for the French Red Cross from which this plate originates.

 

Artist: Edmund Dulac
Rear of the print: blank, no images or text
Matboard size (= frame size): 21 x 30 cm | 8.27 x 11.81 inch
Print size: 18,7 x 24,3 cm | 7.36 x 9.57 inch