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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys

1849

Louis Haghe

(British, 1806–1885)
published by

F. G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London

after David Roberts

(Scottish, 1796–1864)
England, 19th century
color lithograph
Sheet: 60.3 x 43.5 cm (23 3/4 x 17 1/8 in.); Image: 49.8 x 35.1 cm (19 5/8 x 13 13/16 in.)
Bequest of John Bonebrake 2012.185
Catalogue raisonné: Abbey 272:106
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

Through the columns on the left, there's a glimpse of the minbar, the staircaselike pulpit from which a sermon is delivered by the imam, prayer leader, after Friday services.
  • (Otto Schreiber, sold to John Bonebrake)
    ?–2012
    John Bonebrake [1918–2011], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    2012–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Art of the Islamic World (Islamic art rotation). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 24, 2025-May 10, 2026).
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