A reading of the Qur'an at court

Detached album folio; A reading of Qur'an at court. Border: The drawing has occupied the full width of the page; it is surrounded by a small band of gold and black, mounted on paperboard. Stamps: blue-edged Oct, No1, Mr; blue-edged Oct, No433,; Brown-edged oval--framer; Frm Bkg: (tissue dust lining) Gustave Dreyfus, (Bkg) 3 stamps, (ink) no. 41. Albert Besnard [1] To 1942 Henri Vever (1854-1942), Paris and Noyers, France, to 1942 [2] From 1942 to 1986 Family member, Paris and Boulogne, France, by inheritance from Henri Vever, Paris and Noyers, France [3] From 1986 Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, purchased from a family member, Paris and Boulogne, France [4] Notes: [1] Susan Nemazee, "Appendix 7: Chart of Recent Provenance" in An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection, Glenn D. Lowry et al (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 411. [2] See Glenn D. Lowry et al., An Annotated and Illustrated Checklist of the Vever Collection (Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle and London: University of Washington Press, 1988), p. 329, no. 389. [3] See the Agreement for the Purchase and Sale of the Henri Vever Collection of January 9, 1986, Collections Management Office. [4] See note 3. Arthur M. Sackler Collection Albert Besnard Henri Vever (1854-1942) Francois Mautin (1907-2003)