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The Mirab & the Minbar Gami Ibn Tooloon

Watercolour
1891 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of six sketches pasted down together on a card mount


Object details

Category
Object type
Titles
  • The Mirab & the Minbar Gami Ibn Tooloon (assigned by artist)
  • The Mihrab and the pulpit in the Mosque of Ibn Tulun (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil and watercolour, on paper, stuck down on card, formerly in an album
Brief description
Watercolour, `The Mirab & the Minbar Gami Ibn Tooloon' [Mosque of Ibn Tulun], 1891, by H. E. Howard
Physical description
One of six sketches pasted down together on a card mount
Dimensions
  • Card mount height: 37.5cm
  • Card mount width: 30.5cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Card mount inscribed EGYPT, Flinders Petrie's diggings. This drawing inscribed with title
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: - `Albums [SD.509-SD.513] sold at Christie's 11.2.69 (24).
Subjects depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.513:5

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Record createdFebruary 19, 2008
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