Four Views Of The Mosques And Other Objects of Interest Occupying The Site Of The Temple At Jerusalem
Lithograph
1857 (published)
1857 (published)
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Hand-coloured lithograph, after a photograph, entitled 'The Great Mosque Of The Sakara And The Judgment Seat Of David', plate 2 from a set of four. Lettered with title, description of mosque and 'From a Photograph by The Revd. A. A. Isaacs, M. A. Day & Son, Lithrs. to The Queen'.
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| Materials and techniques | Lithograph, with two tint stones, coloured by hand |
| Brief description | Hand-coloured lithograph, after a photograph by the Reverend Albert Augustus Isaacs, entitled 'The Great Mosque Of The Sakara And The Judgment Seat Of David', plate 2 from a set of four in The Revd A. A. Isaacs', 'Four Views Of The Mosques And Other Objects of Interest Occupying The Site Of The Temple At Jerusalem'. Published in London, December 1, 1857. |
| Physical description | Hand-coloured lithograph, after a photograph, entitled 'The Great Mosque Of The Sakara And The Judgment Seat Of David', plate 2 from a set of four. Lettered with title, description of mosque and 'From a Photograph by The Revd. A. A. Isaacs, M. A. Day & Son, Lithrs. to The Queen'. |
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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 |
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| Bibliographic reference | Isaacs erroneously believed that he was the first person permitted by the Pasha of Jerusalem to take photographs of the mosque and its interior. See M. Darby, 'The Islamic Perspective', 1983, p.28. |
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| Accession number | SP.332 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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