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Title
Interior of the Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
1880
Details
Other Titles
Interior of mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
Mosque of Sultan Hassan, Cairo
Date
1880
Materials used
watercolour and bodycolour with scraping out over pencil underdrawing
Dimensions
75.5 x 116.5 cm image (sheet larger as wrapped around a wooden board); 107.5 x 148.5 x 7.5 cm frame
Signature & date
Signed and dated l.l., "E. A. Goodall./ 1880.".
Credit
Purchased 1883
Location
Not on display
Accession number
1086
Shown in 4 exhibitions
Exhibition history
Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 07 Aug 1993–24 Oct 1993
British and European watercolours - the first thirty years of the collection 1875-1906, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 13 Apr 1996–02 Jun 1996
Victorian watercolours: selections from the collection, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 08 Jul 2000–27 Aug 2000
Victorian watercolours, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 02 Jun 2017–03 Dec 2017
Provenance
Source unknown, Purchased by the AGNSW in London in 1883
Referenced in 21 publications
Bibliography
Dreams and realities: Victorian works on paper, Sydney, 1993, p 8.
Victorian watercolours: selections from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2000, p 10, no 19, col illus front cover (detail), back cover.
Victorian watercolours from the Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 2017, pp 102, 105, col illus pp 103 (detail), 105.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1924, p 80, no 35.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1921, p 68, no 35.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1917, p 74, no 57. Revised editions 1918, 1919.
National Art Gallery of NSW illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1906, p 80, no 63. Revised editions 1908, 1910, 1912.
Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, published by the Trustees, Sydney, 1899, p 56, no 356.
Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales (with illustrations) drawn by E L Montefiore, director, and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1893, p 99, no 301.
Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, (with illustrations), drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq (President of Trustees) and others, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1891, p 74, no 284.
Catalogue of the National Art Gallery of New South Wales, with illustrations, drawn by E L Montefiore, Esq, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1886, p 56, no 71.
Catalogue of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, with 94 illustrations drawn by E L Montefiore, Esa, published by sanction of the Trustees, Sydney, 1883, p 47, no 66.
AGNSW archive 59/1883, 29 Nov 1883.
AGNSW archive 36/1883, 24 Aug 1883.
AGNSW archive 34/1883, 10 Aug 1883.
AGNSW archive 24/1883, 01 Jun 1883.
The Art Journal, 'Exhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours', London, Jun 1880, pp 189–90: p 190.
The Graphic, no 544, 'Fine Arts – The Society of Painters in Water-Colours', London, 01 May 1880, pp 446–47: p 447.
The Art Journal, 'Book review – Purchases of pictures for the Australian Galleries', London, Jun 1883, p 202.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1928, p 106, no 104.
National Art Gallery of New South Wales illustrated catalogue, Sydney, 1925, p 82, no 34.