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Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan

Watercolour
1847 (painted)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

One of a series of 8 views of Turkey and Egypt painted in 1847

Object details

Category
Object type
TitleInterior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour over pencil
Brief description
Watercolour, Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, 1847, Artist unknown
Physical description
One of a series of 8 views of Turkey and Egypt painted in 1847
Dimensions
  • Height: 31.3cm
  • Width: 25.2cm
Styles
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed and dated 1847 in a modern hand on the mount; inscribed and dated on the back of the mount Bab el Nasr. Cairo - 1847 -
Credit line
Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A
Historical context
Although the inscriptions on the backs and on the mounts are in the same hands, and all the drawings were apparently done on the same journey, at least two different artists seem to have been responsible for these drawings. They have been disbound from an album or removed from a portfolio, since the inscriptions on the backs of some of the mounts refer to the drawing on the facing page; on the back of the mounts of SD1285:1 & 3 there are offsets of the drawings facing them. Some drawings in SD1285:1-8 appear to be in the same hand as SD.1316
Subject depicted
Places depicted
Collection
Accession number
SD.1285:3

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Record createdMay 2, 2008
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