'A Mussulman Temple, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines

Title:

'A Mussulman Temple, Aden' by Stafford Bettesworth Haines

Contributor:

Stafford Bettesworth Haines (artist)

Date:

1839/1854

Description:

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, in pencil, along lower edge: ‘Sheikh Hydroos’Recto, in pen, along lower edge: ‘A Mussulman Temple – Aden. SBH.’Verso, 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.1 pencil drawing on paperDimensions:140 x 204 mmMaterials:Pencil on paperCondition:Light surface dirt coats the recto and verso, but otherwise the paper is in good condition. A large stain in the upper-left corner is of unknown origin.

Language:

English

Type:

Drawing

Type (Narrower):

Drawings

Type (Broader):

Image

Subject:

Mosques

Geographic region:

Aden

Extent:

1 pencil drawing on paper

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100023332050.0x000001_ar
81055/vdc_100023332050.0x000001_en
WD3476

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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