Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Edward William Lane NPG 3099

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Clara Sophia Lane

Lane was an eminent Arabic scholar who made voyages up to the Nile, 1826 and 1827. He was fascinated by Egyption life, people and customs and went to live in Cairo where he studied and adopted Egyptian dress, 1833-5. His studies led him to publish the famous Account of the Manners and Customs of Modern Egyptians, 1836; He travelled to Egypt again and published several other works but is best known for his translation of the Arabian Nights (1832-41). Acknowledged as one of the leading... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.