Measures of Mequita as it was in the Time of the Arabians
Date:
1775 to 1776
Materials & Techniques:
Graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:
Mount: 11 1/8 × 16 3/8 inches (28.3 × 41.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper left: "Measures of Mesquita as it was in the time of the Arabians | Number of Pillars 778 | in the Church | In the Cloister - 65 | From North to South interior length 390 Castillian feet. | From East to West 479 | Thickness of the Walls 5.6 or 7 | breath of Cloister 220"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, center right: "One [aude?] of the [Olwan?] Row"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Castillian"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection