Tomb of the Prophet at Medina

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Historical period(s)
19th century
Medium
Color and slight gold on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 21.4 x 28.8 cm (8 7/16 x 11 5/16 in)
Geography
India, Avadh (Oudh), Uttar Pradesh, Probably Lucknow
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1907.222
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Painting

Keywords
India, Muhammad, tomb
Provenance

To 1907
Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), London, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna in 1907 [2]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original List of Persian and Indian Drawings, S.I. 1528, Miscellaneous section of Inventory, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

Previous Owner(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (C.L. Freer source) 1839 - 1914

Collection Area(s)
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
Rights Statement

Copyright with museum

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