Mosque built between the columns of an ancient temple in Latakia on the coast of Syria, about 1800
Watercolour
ca. 1800 (painted)
ca. 1800 (painted)
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Watercolour drawing
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| Title | Mosque built between the columns of an ancient temple in Latakia on the coast of Syria, about 1800 (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour and gouache with gum, heightened with white |
| Brief description | Watercolour, Mosque built between the columns of an ancient temple in Latakia on the coast of Syria, about 1800, by Luigi Mayer |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Lettered MOSCHEA COSTRUTA TRA LE COLONNE DELL'ATRIO DI UN'ANTICO TEMPIO ESISTENTE NELLA CITTA DI LATACHIA OLIM LAODICEAE NELLA COSTA DELLA SORIA.
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| 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 fr T.Crenshaw, March 1977' |
| Historical context | Cf. another version, View of an Ancient Atrium used today as a mosque, in the Town of Latakia, taken from the yard of the mosque itself, Eyre & Hobhouse, 1983 |
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| Bibliographic reference | See large group of gouche drawings by Luigi Mayer, commissioned by Robert Ainslie (1729-1812) in Adam's Country House Collections at Slane Castle, Co. Meath, catalogue of auction held on 6th October 2009, lots 517 to 542. |
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| Accession number | SD.648 |
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| Record created | March 2, 2008 |
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