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Literature & Theatre Art Prints

Art prints on the subject of Literature & Theatre, drawn from across the 9 Art Prints library and printed to order. All chosen by hand, with free shipping and import duties covered.

Le jardin féerique, from Mother Goose — Maurice Ravel
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Battle Between Iranians and Turanians by Muhammad al-Qivam al-Shirazi — Armoured horsemen clash across a crowded Persian battlefield
The Arts: Poetry by Alphonse Mucha — Poetry, chin on hand, under a laurel crown and a rayed star
Ilsée, Princesse de Tripoli by Alphonse Mucha — A jewelled princess on her throne as a companion whispers at her ear
Gismonda by Alphonse Mucha — Bernhardt crowned with flowers, holding a palm, under a mosaic arch
Amants, comédie de M. Donnay, Théâtre de la Renaissance by Alphonse Mucha — Couples crowd a ballroom as violinists play beside a cupid fountain
Page of Calligraphy from an Anthology of Poetry by Sa'di and Hafiz by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi — Persian prose and verse ringed by gold flowers on teal
Persian Quatrains (Rubayi) and Calligraphic Exercises by Sultan Muhammad Khandan — Diagonal quatrains and letter exercises in gold-ground clouds
Gulistan of Sa'di: Illuminated Folio (Winged Lion and Deer) by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi — A winged lion hunts a winged deer through gold trees on indigo
Ghazal of Fakhr al-Din Iraqi and a Verse from Jami's Tuhfat al-Ahrar — Six lines of nasta'liq on a flower-strewn ground in a crimson border
Calligraphy from a Ghazal of Badr al-Din Hilali Jaghata'i by Faqir Ali — Slanting nasta'liq in blue and gold borders, set upside down long ago
Page of Calligraphy by Sultan Muhammad Nur — One grand line of script amid panels of verse and blue corners
Gulistan of Sa'di: Illuminated Folio (Gold Trellis Border) by Sultan 'Ali al-Mashhadi — A gold trellis of flowers surrounds a page of Persian verse and prose
Calligraphy, Persian Verses — Six lines of nasta'liq ringed in blue among panels of verse
Persian Ruba'i (Quatrain) by Maulana Muhammad Murshidi Zawara'i — Sweeping black letters flank a quatrain on a gold-flecked blue page
Knowledge Will Break the Chains of Slavery by Aleksei Radakov — A hand with a quill reaches down to a stack of books between chains
Everyone to the Library — A grey-bearded man reads among a crowd at the library desk
The Book Is a Well-Aimed Blow Against Drunkenness — A grinning man strides forward with an armful of books
Impresa of the Basel Book Printer Johann Froben by Hans Holbein the Younger — Crowned serpents wind round a staff topped by a white dove
Portrait of Erasmus of Rotterdam Writing by Hans Holbein the Younger — A scholar in profile writes quietly against a green ground
One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse: Poem by Sangi no Takamura by Katsushika Hokusai — Divers swim in heaving blue water below a yellow headland
Two Kyōka Poets: Kinkōsha Kadomichi and Fukujusō Shōmaru by Katsushika Hokusai — Two seated poets face each other beneath columns of verse
One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse: Poem by Abe no Nakamaro by Katsushika Hokusai — A robed figure on a hill looks out over moonlit water
The Palace of King Zhou of China by Katsushika Hokusai — A bearded warrior in torn armour seizes a youth below a palace balcony
One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse: Poem by Fujiwara no Michinobu Ason by Katsushika Hokusai — Bearers run a green palanquin down a stone slope past men
One Hundred Poems Explained by the Nurse: Poem by Ōnakatomi no Yoshinobu Ason by Katsushika Hokusai — Men slump on the ground below a tall fence as grey smoke
Act III from the Play Kanadehon Chūshingura by Katsushika Hokusai — A scuffle beside a castle moat under a pale moon
Chinese Boys Learning to Write and Paint by Katsushika Hokusai — Boys in Chinese robes practise writing and painting at low tables
The Ninth-Month Kabuki Dance "Kikujido" by Katsushika Hokusai — A long-haired dancer in orange robes among chrysanthemums
Meeting of Achilles and Hector by Master of Girart de Roussillon — Two riders meet by a stream, a crowd of hatted men behind them
The Coronation of Pepin by Loyset Liédet and Pol Fruit — A mitred bishop crowns a young king on a throne of gold fleurs-de-lis
Orsines Presenting a Gift to Alexander and the Execution of Orsines by Master of the Jardin de vertueuse consolation — A kneeling courtier offers a crowned
The Abduction of Ydoire by Loyset Liédet and Pol Fruit — Knights duel on horseback as ladies ride past a grey walled city
Fromont de Lens Leaving Bordeaux and the Battle against the Army of Gasgogne by Loyset Liédet and Pol Fruit — Armoured knights clash on horseback before a
Christ and a Monk and Two Shepherds — Christ and a monk share a crozier above a flock of sheep and goats
Khamsa of Nizami: Khusraw Celebrating after Killing the Dragon — An enthroned king raises a cup inside a lapis border of flowers
Khamsa of Nizami: Bahram Gur in the Green Palace on Monday — A princess offers a dish to the king in a green-tiled pavilion
Haft Awrang: Yusuf and Zulaykha — A crowned couple sits facing each other in a palace garden court
Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Rustam Brings the Div King to Kai Kavus for Execution by Mir Musavvir (attributed) and Qasim ibn Ali (attributed) — A black-faced
Shahnama: Rustam Lassos Rakhsh — A hero throws a lasso over a galloping herd of horses
Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Isfandiyar's Fourth Course, He Slays a Sorceress by Qasim ibn Ali (attributed) — Smoke coils among the rocks as warriors stand over a
Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Caesar Captive Before Shapur II by Aqa Mirak (attributed) — A crowned captive is led on a rope beneath a starry night sky
Shahnama: Rakhsh Saves Rustam from a Lion — A dappled grey horse tramples a lion while the hero sleeps
Shahnama of Shah Tahmasp: Kai Khusrau Defeats the Army of Makran by Abd al-Vahhab (attributed) — Plumed riders, camels and banners crowd a battle on a pale
Shahnama: The Night Attack of Bahram Chubina on the Army of Khusraw Parvis — Archers trade shots across a winding stream between two armies
Yusuf and Zulaikha: Yusuf is Drawn Up from the Well — A winged angel lifts a haloed youth from a well beside a busy camp
Khavarannama: Three Men Before a Castle — An elder with a staff greets a turbaned man before a domed pavilion
Khamsa of Nizami: Bahram Gur Visits the Princess of India in the Black Pavilion — A crowned king reclines beneath a black dome as a princess kneels
Khamsa of Amir Khusrau Dihlavi: Laila Visiting Majnun in the Desert — A gaunt man kneels with a dog as women watch from a domed tent