Scheherazade
1924
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1924
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Scheherazade is a 1924 by W. S. Lakeman, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows the final, tragic scene from the famous ballet Scheherazade. W. S. Lakeman captured it in a line drawing around 1920. The print was made to remember the ballet’s wild success back in 1910. You can see a dead slave on the floor and Zobeida about to take her own life with a dagger. Head to the Victoria and Albert Museum to see this print in person.
