Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876, British
Title:
Interior of the Great Mosque, (Ulucami) Bursa, Turkey
Date:
between 1840 and 1841
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache, pen and black ink, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 11 x 17 inches (27.9 x 43.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "Great Mosque Burssa"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1701
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | mosques | domes | arches | muqarnas
Associated Places:
Turkey | Bursa | Bursa Grand Mosque
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Orientalism - Near East in French Painting (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1982-08-27 - 1982-10-17)

Orientalism - Near East in French Painting (Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, 1982-11-04 - 1982-12-23)
Publications:
Emily M. Weeks, Cultures crossed : John Frederick Lewis and the art of orientalism, The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, New Haven, 2014, pp. 15, 17, fig, 14, NJ18.L5857 W437 2014 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10738