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Drawing

ca.1909 (made)
Artist/Maker
Harvey, William (artist)
Place of origin
Jerusalem (city) (made)

Coloured drawing of capitals, anchor beams and arches, along with details of decoration. The capitals are Corinthian. The anchor beams are decorated with scrolled foliage in gold, along with other patterns.

Object details

Categories
Drawings
Architecture
Islam
Religion
Designs
Object type
Drawing
Materials and techniques
Pen and ink, water-colour and Indian ink
Ink
Water-Colour
Indian Ink
Drawing
Brief description
Drawing (one of three) of Corinthian capitals in the Dome of the Rock, Haram esh-Sherif, Jerusalem. Drawing in pen and ink, water-colour and indian ink by William Harvey, ca.1909.
Physical description
Coloured drawing of capitals, anchor beams and arches, along with details of decoration. The capitals are Corinthian. The anchor beams are decorated with scrolled foliage in gold, along with other patterns.
Dimensions
  • Height: 50.8cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.)
  • Width: 35.6cm (Note: Dimensions taken from Victoria & Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963. London: HMSO, 1964.)
  • Sheet height: 50.3cm
  • Sheet width: 35.1cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'Capital: anchor beam and spring of arch: Dome of the Rock' (Lettered on the left)
  • 'Capital in El Aksa' (Lettered at the bottom edge of sheet)
Credit line
Given by Mr John Harvey, FSA, FRSL, son of the artist
Object history
E.1270-1963 was reproduced as Fig.5 in the artist's 'Colour in Architecture' in Vol.29, No.16 of the Journal of the Royal Institute of British Architects, 17 June 1922.
Subjects depicted
Capitals
Corinthian
Columns
Scrolling
Beam
Places depicted
Jerusalem (City)
Dome of the Rock
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964.
  • p. 171 Barbara Drake Boehm and Melanie Holcomb, eds. Jerusalem, 1000-1400 : every people under heaven New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2016] 9781588395986
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.1266-1963

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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