album;
drawing
- Museum number
- 1974,0617,0.3.85
- Description
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Seated man; single-page drawing on a detached album folio. Portrait of a seated man facing left holding a book in his right hand. The man, displaying a shaggy beard, wears a large turban and layers of long robes. Void background. No text.
Ink on paper.
- Production date
- 17thC
- Dimensions
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Height: 13 centimetres (image)
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Width: 9.80 centimetres (image)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1974
- Acquisition notes
- From an album (Or 7468) formerly in the collection of Claudius J. Rich. Purchased by the British Museum in 1825 from his widow, Mary Rich. Transferred from the Department of Oriental Manuscripts and Printed Books (OMPB) in 1974 when the majority of Rich's manuscripts transferred to the British Library.
- Department
- Middle East
- Registration number
- 1974,0617,0.3.85
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 7468