Interior of the Mosque Saint Sophia, Constantinople (1923)

Philip Harris Giddens

etching, on thin oriental paper

Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

Interior of the Mosque Saint Sophia, Constantinople (1923)

Photo credit: Trustees of the British Museum

Classification:

Materials:

Oriental paper, Thin paper

Physical Object Description:

View from between columns and arches, polycandelons suspended, small exterior sketch below. c.1923 Etching, on thin oriental paper. Signed, titled and annotated: "Honorable mention. Grand Salon. Paris 1923. Edition limited to 25 impressions".

Technique:

Etching

Dimensions:

42.8 x 25.8 cm

Accession Number:

1929,0209.2

Credit:

Presented by the Contemporary Art Society, 1929

Scheme:

Prints and Drawings Fund (1919 - 1954)

Ownership history:

Purchased by Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) for the Contemporary Art Society, with its Prints and Drawings Fund, 1923-29; presented to the Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London, 1929

Relationship:

Campbell Dodgson Prints and Drawings Department, British Museum, London

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Philip Harris Giddens

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