LOT 275 An architectural view of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and th...
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An architectural view of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca and the Ka'aba, North India, 19th century, ink and opaque pigments on paper, mounted, glazed and framed, painting 26 x 16cm. When he visited Mecca in 1853, Richard Burton wrote that a number of Indian artists there supported themselves by 'drawing pictures of the holy shrines in pen and ink' (Richard Burton, Personal Narrative of a pilgrimage to Al-Madinah & Meccah, London, 1893, p.341 quoted in Stephen Vernoit, Occidentalism, The Nasser D. Khalili Collection of Islamic Art, London, 1997, p.33). This painting is probably of the type of work done by these artists.With slight creasing, minor losses to pigment, small area of staining to sky
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