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Henry Swinburne, 1743–1803, British, Measures of Mequita as it was in the Time of the Arabians, 1775 to 1776
- Title:
- Measures of Mequita as it was in the Time of the Arabians
- Part Of:
- Date:
- 1775 to 1776
- Materials & Techniques:
- Graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
- Dimensions:
- Mount: 11 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (28.3 × 41.6 cm), Sheet: 6 3/4 × 6 1/16 inches (17.1 × 15.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "Measures of Mesquita as it was in the time of the Arabians | Number of Pillars 778 | in the Church | In the Cloister - 65 | From North to South interior length 390 Castillian feet. | From East to West 479 | Thickness of the Walls 5.6 or 7 | breath of Cloister 220"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, center right: "One [aude?] of the [Olwan?] Row"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Castillian"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.3860
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:29948
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