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A Muslim at Prayer

Oil Painting
1841 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

On the back, a female figure study


Object details

Category
Object type
TitleA Muslim at Prayer (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Oil on board
Brief description
Oil painting, 'A Muslim at Prayer', William James Müller, 1841
Physical description
On the back, a female figure study
Dimensions
  • Estimate height: 43.3cm
  • Width: 29.8cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Signed and dated W Muller. 1841; inscribed on the back Sketched in Egypt from life WMuller. and illegibly on an old label attached to the back
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
According to Rodney Searight: - `Bt PHW [Prue Heathcote-Williams], July 1974, £52'.
Historical context
Sketched in Egypt, probably at Luxor, 1839, and probably used for the right hand figure in his Prayers in the Desert, oil on canvas, arched top, 100.5 x 180 cm., signed and dated W. Muller 1843, in the City Museum and Art Gallery, Birmingham (2529/85) and exhibited at the RA in 1843 (547): see City Museums and Art Gallery, Birmingham, Catalogue of Paintings, 1961, p.106; N. N. Solly, Memoir of the Life of William James Müller, 1875, pp.134 (reproduced), 162, 326, 329, 333, 346; and Searight Archive. A smaller version (67.2 x 106 cm.), either a study for the painting or a copy, was sold at Christie's, 28.11.80 (116).
Subjects depicted
Place depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.690

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Record createdApril 23, 2007
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