Khalili_Collection_Hajj_and_Arts_of_Pilgrimage_ARC_pt-522.jpg
Size of this preview:
800 × 557 pixels
.
Other resolutions:
320 × 223 pixels
|
640 × 445 pixels
|
1,024 × 713 pixels
|
1,280 × 891 pixels
|
1,920 × 1,336 pixels
.
Summary
Object
Richard Dalton
:
The Mahmal Passing Through Cairo
|
|||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artist |
|
|
|||||||||||||||||||||
| Title |
The Mahmal Passing Through Cairo
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object type |
etching print
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description |
English:
The Mahmal Passing Through Cairo
ARC.pt 522 United Kingdom, 1791, illustrated by Richard Dalton 37 x 52cm (page); 23 x 39.8cm (image) This etching is from "Antiquities and views in Greece and Egypt, with the manners and customs of the inhabitants, from drawings made on the spot" (plate I). It is amongst the earliest drawings of Egyptian ethnographic scenes by an Englishman. The caption reads, 'The shape & form of the Pavilion with the ornaments which adorn what is called the holy Camel when it passes along the Town of Cairo in the very extraordinary Annual Procession preparatory to the setting forward of the great Caravan in the Pilgrimage to Mecca & Medina...' Full description at https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/the-mahmal-passing-through-cairoarc-pt-522/ |
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language |
English
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date |
1791
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions |
height: 37 cm (14.5 in)
; width: 52 cm (20.4 in)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection |
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession number |
ARC.pt 522
(
Khalili Collection: Hajj and the Arts of Pilgrimage
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of creation |
Kingdom of Great Britain
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
| References |
https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/the-mahmal-passing-through-cairoarc-pt-522/
(
English
)
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
Photograph
| Description |
English:
The Mahmal Passing Through Cairo, 1791
|
| Source | https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/hajj-and-the-arts-of-pilgrimage/the-mahmal-passing-through-cairoarc-pt-522/ |
| Author | Khalili Collections |
Licensing
|
As part of its
programme of cultural philanthropy
, the
Khalili Foundation
has shared images from the eight
Khalili Collections
. These objects come from many different cultures and time periods, and some have a profound cultural and religious significance.
Please use this material responsibly
, showing respect to the cultures to which these objects are precious.
|
| Media from the Khalili Collections uploaded by User:MartinPoulter (KC WIR) are released under CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO. | ||
This file is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 IGO
license.
Attribution:
Khalili Collections / CC-BY-SA 3.0 IGO
|
