'A Mussulman Temple, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines

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Genre/Subject Matter:

View of a mosque or mausoleum at Aden, which may be an earlier incarnation of the Mosque of Abu Bakr al-‘Aydarus. The original building was constructed in the fifteenth century but heavily reconstructed at some point in the nineteenth century, perhaps after this sketch was made. The artist indicates the connection with al-‘Aydarus in the inscription in pencil which reads ‘Sheik Hydroos [Aydroos]’

Several figures are sketched in at the entrance to the mosque; a flagstaff appears immediately outside it. Behind the building the faint lines of a step rocky outcrop have been indicated.

The sketch is signed lower right with the initials of the artist.

Inscriptions:

Recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in pencil, along lower edge: ‘Sheikh Hydroos’

Recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. , in pen, along lower edge: ‘A Mussulman Temple – Aden. SBH.’

Verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , in pencil, along upper edge and lefthand edge: ‘WD3476’; ‘Plan of Aden No. 2’

Temporal Context:

This sketch was probably made between January 1939, when Stafford Bettesworth Haines seized Aden, and 1854, when he was recalled to Bombay to face embezzlement and fraud charges, during which time Haines administered Aden.

Extent and format

1 pencil drawing on paper

Physical characteristics

Dimensions:

140 x 204 mm

Materials:

Pencil on paper

Condition:

Light surface dirt coats the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. and verso The back of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'v'. , but otherwise the paper is in good condition. A large stain in the upper-left corner is of unknown origin.

Written in

English in Latin script

Type

Drawing

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

WD3476

History of this record

Date(s)

1839-54 (CE, Gregorian)

Subjects

Mosques

Places

Aden

People & organisations

Stafford Bettesworth Haines

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