Following the publication of its landmark Seven Pillars of Wisdom: A Triumph. The Complete 1922 Text in 1997, the Castle Hill Press produced an offprint edition of the ‘Arab Portraits’ by Eric Kennington which illustrate the book. The edition was limited to 225 numbered prints of the portraits, each with the manuscript titles and copy numbers added by a calligrapher beneath the image, and presented in a cardboard mount. The selection presented here are among the most interesting of the portraits, and all in fine condition.


Type & Forme’s Introduction to Eric Kennington’s Arab Portraits for Seven Pillars of Wisdom

‘Cannot Endure to be Worsted in an Argument’: Mahmas, Castle Hill Press, 1997. £95

Lawrence’s Guide and Escort to his First Meeting with Feisal: Obeid el Raashid, Castle Hill Press, 1997. £95


‘Enough of Reputation & Personality to Weld [his] Difficult & Reciprocally Disagreeable Elements into an Army’: Jaafar Pasha, Castle Hill Press, 1997. £95

One of Lawrence’s Bodyguards – ‘A Parasite Fellow of the Beni Hassan’: Mattar, Castle Hill Press, 1997. £95

An Ateiba Horseman: Seif, Castle Hill Press, 1997. £95



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