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Drawing

ca.1911 (made)
Artist/Maker

Line drawings showing elevations and plans of a vaulted ceiling and lobby. There are two drawings on this sheet.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink
Brief description
Drawings (two on one sheet) showing a vaulted lobby in a tomb-mosque in the Qarâfa or Eastern Cemetery, Cairo, and the stone ceiling of the Turret Chamber in the western minaret of the Great Mosque of Omaiyade at Damascus. Pen and ink drawing by William Harvey, ca.1911.
Physical description
Line drawings showing elevations and plans of a vaulted ceiling and lobby. There are two drawings on this sheet.
Dimensions
  • Height: 32.1cm
  • Width: 46.7cm
Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.
Marks and inscriptions
(Inscribed with titles, measurements etc.)
Credit line
Given by Mr John Harvey, FSA, FRSL, son of the artist
Object history
These drawings were reproduced in the artist's 'Saracenic Vaulting' on p.242 of Vol.30, No.180 of The Architectural Review, November 1911.
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
Collection
Accession number
E.1260-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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