Identity area
Reference code
E. W. Lane MSS 8.06
Title
Colonnade, Mosque of Amr ibn al-As, Cairo
Date(s)
- c. 1825-1876 (Creation)
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Item
Extent and medium
1 watercolour
Context area
Name of creator
(1801-1876)
Archival history
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
View of the colonnade and minbar in the Mosque of Amr ibn al-As in Cairo, with a figure leaning against a column in the foreground and two men in conversation at the far end of the colonnade:
- pencil, black ink, monochrome watercolour
- mounted
- 17.5 x 10 cm
- [Lane's caption on page verso, at top left corner] 'The Place of Prayer in the Mosque of 'Amir.' (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