Charles Hamilton Smith, 1776–1859, Belgian, Gate of the Zancarron of Sactuary of the Koran, undated
- Title:
- Gate of the Zancarron of Sactuary of the Koran
- Part Of:
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 16 1/8 × 12 7/8 inches (40.9 × 32.7 cm), Binding: 16 1/8 inches (41 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, center right: "blue & gold arch | under altar gold, red, blue & green mosque"; inscribed in black ink, lower center: "Gate of the Zancarron or | Sanctuary of the Koran. | discovered in 1815 in the Great Mosque | at Cordova"; lower right: "CHS."
Signed in pen and black ink, lower right: "CHS"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1978.43.1815(18)
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | landscape
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:71028
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