Drawing
ca.1911 (made)
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Line drawings showing elevations and plans of a vaulted ceiling and lobby. There are two drawings on this sheet.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink |
| Brief description | Drawings (two on one sheet) showing a vaulted lobby in a tomb-mosque in the Qarâfa or Eastern Cemetery, Cairo, and the stone ceiling of the Turret Chamber in the western minaret of the Great Mosque of Omaiyade at Damascus. Pen and ink drawing by William Harvey, ca.1911. |
| Physical description | Line drawings showing elevations and plans of a vaulted ceiling and lobby. There are two drawings on this sheet. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Inscribed with titles, measurements etc.) |
| Credit line | Given by Mr John Harvey, FSA, FRSL, son of the artist |
| Object history | These drawings were reproduced in the artist's 'Saracenic Vaulting' on p.242 of Vol.30, No.180 of The Architectural Review, November 1911. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1963 . London: HMSO, 1964. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1260-1963 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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