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A Turkish Mosque lighted after the Mahometan manner where Aladine the Emperor is seated on a Throne Surrounded by his Divan

Etching and Engraving
ca. mid 18th century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Etching, engraving and stipple, entitled 'A Turkish Mosque lighted after the Mahometan manner where Aladine the Emperor is seated on a Throne Surrounded by his Divan'. Lettered with title and 'To the Right honourable the Lord Carysfort this Plate is inscribed by his Lordship's most obediant humble Servant, Eliz.. Jane Collins. J. Collins pinxit from Tasso's Jerusalem delivered. Ant.. Walker sculpt.'.


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Turkish Mosque lighted after the Mahometan manner where Aladine the Emperor is seated on a Throne Surrounded by his Divan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Etching, engraving and stipple, coloured by hand
Brief description
Etching, engraving and stipple, engraved by Anthony Walker after a painting by John Collins entitled 'A Turkish Mosque lighted after the Mahometan manner where Aladine the Emperor is seated on a Throne Surrounded by his Divan'. British School, ca. mid 18th century.
Physical description
Etching, engraving and stipple, entitled 'A Turkish Mosque lighted after the Mahometan manner where Aladine the Emperor is seated on a Throne Surrounded by his Divan'. Lettered with title and 'To the Right honourable the Lord Carysfort this Plate is inscribed by his Lordship's most obediant humble Servant, Eliz.. Jane Collins. J. Collins pinxit from Tasso's Jerusalem delivered. Ant.. Walker sculpt.'.
Dimensions
  • Height: 44.5cm
  • Width: 52.1cm
Dimensions taken from departmental notes
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Object history
This illustrates a scene from Jerusalem Delivered (Gerusalemme Liberata) by Torquato Tasso. Collins produced a series of illustrations to Tasso, now lost, which were engraved by a number
of artists, including Paul Sandby and E. Rooker. The plates may have been published posthumously, since the dedications to patrons were made by Elizabeth Jane Collins and not by the artist himself. Other engravings from the Tasso series are in the V&A and British Museum.
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SP.171

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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