Charles Taylor
British, b.1756, d.1823
The Persian. Prostrate before the god of day
- Engraving
- 206 x 163mm
- 78/172
Tags: men (male humans), monochrome, ovals (plane figures), people (agents), portraits, profiles (figures), religious art, turbans
This print is from an edition of 'The Cabinet of genius: containing frontispieces and characters adapted to the most popular poems' engraved and first published by Charles Taylor in 1797.
This engraving illustrates a passage from 'The Persian, the sun and the cloud' by John Gay (1685-1732).
