Interior of the Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt

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Artist/Maker	Messinger Murdoch, Helen (photographer)
Place of origin	Cairo (photographed) Mosque of Aqsunqur al-Nasiri (Blue Mosque) (photographed)

Autochrome depicting the interior of a mosque. Three red and white striped columns and archways frame a further doorway surrounded by blue tiles. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.

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Categories	Photographs Mosques The Royal Photographic Society
Object type	Photograph
Title	Interior of the Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Autochrome Glass Autochrome Photography
Brief description	Photograph by Helen Messinger Murdoch, 'Interior of the Blue Mosque, Cairo, Egypt', autochrome, 1914
Physical description	Autochrome depicting the interior of a mosque. Three red and white striped columns and archways frame a further doorway surrounded by blue tiles. Two glass plates sandwiched together to protect the autochrome emulsion layer, taped at the edges.
Dimensions	Height: 82mm Width: 102mm Depth: 3mm
Marks and inscriptions	'Inv 11236' (Handwritten in pencil on the top right side of the tape surrounding the plate.) 'Interior Blue Mosque/ Cairo Egypt (Haqi Rathdare [?]' (Handwritten in ink of a white sticker on the left bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate.) '3-3/ 2' (Handwritten in ink of a circular white sticker on the bottom edge of the tape surrounding the plate.)
Credit line	The Royal Photographic Society Collection at the V&A, acquired with the generous assistance of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and Art Fund.
Place depicted	Cairo
Bibliographic reference	Survey of Egypt, Index to Map of Cairo showing Mohammedan monuments (Cairo, 1951) no.123
Other numbers	11236 - RPS identifier - inventory no. XRG844 - RPS collection - V&A identifier 3-3 2 - RPS identifier - misc.
Collection	Department of Photography
Accession number	RPS.52-2018

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Record created	January 25, 2018
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1428924/interior-of-the-blue-mosque-photograph-messinger-murdoch-helen/

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