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Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys

Louis Haghe

Cleveland Museum of Art

The image depicts a large interior room with high ceilings and many columns. The walls and columns are made of stone and have horizontal stripes of varying shades of brown. Arches are present on the walls and columns. A group of people dressed in robes and head coverings are gathered in the center and along the edges of the room. A man sits on a raised platform on the right side. The room has a high ceiling with a large archway at the far end. Text at the bottom reads "Interior of the Mosque of the Metwalys".

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