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Artist/Maker	Harvey, William (artist)
Place of origin	Jerusalem (city) (made)

Coloured drawing of capitals, anchor beams and arches, along with details of decoration. The capitals are Corinthian. The anchor beams are decorated with scrolled foliage in gold, along with other patterns.

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Categories	Drawings Architecture Islam Religion Designs
Object type	Drawing
Materials and techniques	Pen and ink, water-colour and Indian ink Ink Water-Colour Indian Ink Drawing
Brief description	Drawing (one of three) of Corinthian capitals in the Dome of the Rock, Haram esh-Sherif, Jerusalem. Drawing in pen and ink, water-colour and indian ink by William Harvey, ca.1909.
Physical description	Coloured drawing of capitals, anchor beams and arches, along with details of decoration. The capitals are Corinthian. The anchor beams are decorated with scrolled foliage in gold, along with other patterns.
Dimensions	Height: 50.8cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.) Width: 35.6cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.) Sheet height: 50.3cm Sheet width: 35.1cm
Marks and inscriptions	'Capital: anchor beam and spring of arch: Dome of the Rock' (Lettered on the left) 'Capital in El Aksa' (Lettered at the bottom edge of sheet)
Credit line	Given by Mr John Harvey, FSA, FRSL, son of the artist
Object history	E.1270-1963 was reproduced as Fig.5 in the artist's 'Colour in Architecture' in Vol.29, No.16 of the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 17 June 1922.
Subjects depicted	Capitals Corinthian Columns Scrolling Beam
Places depicted	Jerusalem (City) Dome of the Rock
Associated objects	E.1269-1963 (Set) E.1270-1963 (Set)
Bibliographic references	Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. p. 171 Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb, eds. Jerusalem, 1000-1400 : every people under heaven New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016] 9781588395986
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1266-1963

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O698143/drawing-harvey-william/

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