Identity area
Reference code
E. W. Lane MSS 8.04
Title
Bab al-Nasr gate, Cairo
Date(s)
- c. 1825-1876 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 watercolour
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Name of creator
(1801-1876)
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Scope and content
View showing the Bab al-Nasr gate, the mosque of al-Hakim, and part of the city walls in Cairo. Although the caption mentions the Bab al-Futuh gate, it is not recorded in this watercolour.
- pencil, monochrome watercolour
- mounted
- 17.4 x 10.1 cm
- [Lane's caption on verso of album page, at top left corner] 'The Ba'b en-Nasr & Ba'b el Footon' being two of the principal gates of Musr
el(?) ~~xxxxxx xxxxxx xx xx ~~ : - a the former - b the latter. c c the two / minarets of the ruined mosque of El-Wha'kim. / Erected A H. 480 - A.D 1087-8.' (pencil note)
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
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Copyright Griffith Institute, University of Oxford
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
- Foxing has caused discolouration around edges of the mount