Rev. Cooper A. Willyams (1762-1816) (after)
J.C. Stadler (active 1780-1812) et al.
View of the Grand Procession of the Sacred Camel through the Streets of Cairo on Their Pilgrimage to Mecca & Medina, Plate 2
from A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar
John Hearne, 81 Strand, London: 1822
Color-printed aquatint, finished by hand
10 1/4 x 14 1/2 inches, sheet
9 5/8 x 13 1/2 inches, image
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Pilgrimage to Mecca & Medina
Rev. Cooper A. Willyams, 1822
Rev. Cooper A. Willyams, 1822
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A colorful procession of turbaned men with camels passes a massive building while onlookers watch from the windows. Every year Muslims from around the world converge on their holy cities of Mecca and Medina, in present-day Saudi Arabia. Performing this pilgrimage at least once in a lifetime is considered the holy duty of every follower of Islam.
This print is one of a colorplate set of 36 prints from a work by Rev. C.A. Willyams, a posthumous version of his earlier A Voyage up the Mediterranean (1802). Willyams served as chaplain of the Swiftsure, a vessel in the Meditteranean squadron of Admiral Sir Horatio Nelson. From this ship Willyams witnessed the famous Battle of the Nile, in which Nelson's fleet put an abrupt end to Napoleon's ambition to control the Nile and roust the British from India. This print is characteristic of those made during Regency period, a time of exploration of the Middle East spurred by Napoleon's explorations and conquests in Egypt. Often these expeditions were published as books, containing descriptions and illustrations of the ancient architecture, customs and culture of indigenous peoples.
Joseph Constantine (J.C.) Stadler was a German-born aquatint engraver, active in London. He exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1787.
References:
Abbey, Travel 198.
Blackmer, 1814.
Hilmy II, 335.
Tooley (1954), 511.
Weber 1114.