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Pilgrims on the Way to Mecca

Pilgrims on the Way to Mecca

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Arthur Melville

Artist
Arthur Melville
(Scottish, 1858 - 1904)
Title
Pilgrims on the Way to Mecca
Date
1882
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
14 1/8 x 20 1/4 in. Overall
Credit
Carolyn T. Anderson, Elvehjem Museum of Art General, Alice Drews Gladfelter Memorial, Walter J. and Cecille Hunt, and John H. Van Vleck Endowment Funds purchase
Accession No.
1995.2
Classification
Drawings & Watercolors
Geography
Scotland

Related

21 Mar. 1995, Sold by The Fine Art Society (London, UK) to the Elvehjem Museum of Art [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

  • Tromans, Nicholas, and Emily Weeks. "The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting." London: Tate Publishing, 2008.
  • Yale Center for British Art. "Lure of the East, The: British Orientalist Painting 1830-1925." New Haven, CT: Yale Center for British Art, 2008.
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Bulletin/Annual Report 1993-1995." Madison: Elvehjem Museum of Art, 1995. p. 140

  • Lure of the East, The: British Orientalist Painting: Tate Britain, 2/4/2008–8/25/2008
  • Drawing with a Brush: British Watercolors: Chazen Museum of Art, 11/10/2007–1/6/2008

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