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Maria Cosway’s ‘A Persian going to adore the sun’
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 300-305
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Author:
Boucher, Diane (Boucher, Diane)
Subjects
artists:
Cosway, Maria / Cosway, Richard / Basawan / Madhu
dates:
1780-1789
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Mughal / Miniatures (paintings) / Mezzotints / Paintings / Christian iconography / Religious art / Zoroastrianism / Ackermann, Rudolph
subjects:
British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A Persian going to adore the sun, by Maria Cosway. 1784. Oil on canvas, 61 by 73.7 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. A woman worshipping the sun, from the Gulshan Album, attributed to Basawan. c.1590–95. Watercolour and gold on paper, 42.6 by 26.7 cm. (page). (Museum of Islamic Art, Doha).
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3. A woman worshipping the sun, attributed to Madhu. c.1595. Gouache with gold on paper, 15.5 by 10.4 cm. (Courtesy Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch ltd., London).
Attributed works:
4. Hope (Spes), by Georges Reverdy. 1550–60. Engraving, 16.8 by 10.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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5. Shah Alam, the Mughal Emperor reviewing the Third Brigade of the East India troops at Allahabad, by Tilly Kettle. 1781. Oil on canvas. (Victoria Memorial, Calcutta).
Attributed works:
6. A Persian going to adore the sun, by James Walker after Maria Cosway. 1784. Mezzotint, 35.2 by 40.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. A Persian going to adore the sun, by Emma Smith after Maria Cosway. 1801. Mezzotint, 45 by 30 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8. A British minister worshipping the meridian sun, published by G. Humphrey. 1786. Etching, 22.8 by 26.8 cm. (British Museum, London).
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9. Detail of The Picture Room in the House of John Soane Esq, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, 1st March 1824, by Henry Shaw. (Repr. in J. Britton and A. Pugin: Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London, London 1825–28).