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The Mosque: the ceremonies and the Ka'ba

Photograph
1881 (photographed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

View of the Mosque at Mecca: the ceremonies around the Ka'ba.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe Mosque: the ceremonies and the Ka'ba (popular title)
Materials and techniques
albumen print
Brief description
Bey, Sadic. Mecca (Arabia). The Mosque: the ceremonies and the Kaaba. Ca. 1880, albumen print, panorama
Physical description
View of the Mosque at Mecca: the ceremonies around the Ka'ba.
Dimensions
  • Height: 157mm (Note: approx.)
  • Width: 537mm (Note: approx.)
  • Original mount height: 242mm
  • Original mount width: 615mm
Sight dims: 157 x 537mm. Original mount dims: 242 x 615 mm.
Credit line
Presented by Lady Palmer
Object history
Lady Palmer was the widow of Sir Elwin Mitford Palmer, KCB, KCMG, Governor of the National Bank of Egypt around 1900. The photographs were given to Sir Elvin Palmer when he lived in Cairo. He moved to Egypt in 1855 and died there in 1906. Lady Palmer was a great niece of Julia Margaret Cameron.
Subject depicted
Place depicted
Bibliographic reference
Venetia Porter, ed. Hajj. Journey to the heart of Islam London: British Museum, 2012. ISBN: 978-0-7141-1176-6.
Collection
Accession number
2135-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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