Odalisque, Jules Laurens, circa 1851

Plate 123: a sensuous woman with long dark hair and wearing drapery, her right breast exposed, reclines on cushions on a terrace, facing front, with a dreamy look on her face as she holds a flower between the fingers of her right hand, a bracelet on her right arm; in front of her, a low stool with a cloth draped over it, behind her a curtain and a low outer wall, on which a parrot is perched near a plant, and in the distance, a view of countryside; after bonington lithograph on grey chine collé. Date: circa 1851. Dimensions: Height: 204 mm (image); Width: 154 mm. Medium: paper. Collection: British Museum. Odalisque (BM 1880,0710.129)