A COLLECTION OF NINE LITHOGRAPHS DEPICTING RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS IN EGYPT...
A COLLECTION OF NINE LITHOGRAPHS DEPICTING RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS IN EGYPT
Egypt, mid 20th century
Depicting notable religious buildings in Egypt, as captioned in Arabic: the Mosque of Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad, the Tomb within the Mosque of Sultan Hasan, the Mosque of Ulmās al-Ḥājib, Studies of Historic Domes, the Mosque of Domqsis, Old Rashid, he Interior of the Mausoleum of Imam Al-Shāfiʿī, the Mosque of Qāḍī Yaḥyā Zayn Al-Dīn, the Interior of the Mosque of Aḥmad Ibn Ṭūlūn, details of the Mosque of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn.
43.6cm x 34cm
These photographs may have formed part of the official publication The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (641) to 1365 H. (1946), published by the Ministry of Wakfs in collaboration with the Survey of Egypt, Cairo, 1949, the publication drew extensively upon the photographic documentation and architectural surveys undertaken by K. A. C. Creswell during the early decades of the 20th century, many of these photographs and studies were subsequently incorporated into his monumental work, The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, 2 vols., Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1952–1959, which remains the standard reference on the medieval Islamic architecture of Cairo.
For a similar example:
The Victoria & Albert Museum, Acc. no. 1390-1921.
Provance:
Property of a private American collection.
A COLLECTION OF NINE LITHOGRAPHS DEPICTING RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS IN EGYPT
Egypt, mid 20th century
Depicting notable religious buildings in Egypt, as captioned in Arabic: the Mosque of Sultan Al-Mu'ayyad, the Tomb within the Mosque of Sultan Hasan, the Mosque of Ulmās al-Ḥājib, Studies of Historic Domes, the Mosque of Domqsis, Old Rashid, he Interior of the Mausoleum of Imam Al-Shāfiʿī, the Mosque of Qāḍī Yaḥyā Zayn Al-Dīn, the Interior of the Mosque of Aḥmad Ibn Ṭūlūn, details of the Mosque of al-Nāṣir Muḥammad ibn Qalāwūn.
43.6cm x 34cm
These photographs may have formed part of the official publication The Mosques of Egypt from 21 H. (641) to 1365 H. (1946), published by the Ministry of Wakfs in collaboration with the Survey of Egypt, Cairo, 1949, the publication drew extensively upon the photographic documentation and architectural surveys undertaken by K. A. C. Creswell during the early decades of the 20th century, many of these photographs and studies were subsequently incorporated into his monumental work, The Muslim Architecture of Egypt, 2 vols., Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1952–1959, which remains the standard reference on the medieval Islamic architecture of Cairo.
For a similar example:
The Victoria & Albert Museum, Acc. no. 1390-1921.
Provance:
Property of a private American collection.
