Mecca | Two panoramic views of Mecca, late nineteenth-century

Mecca

Panoramic view of Mecca, by an Indian hand?. Late nineteenth-century

Each framed 431 x 332mm., unframed 267 x 169mm. and 184 x 275mm., gouache and watercolour on paper, window mounted with black paper in gilt frame, small loss of paint

Two panoramic aerial views of Mecca, showing the Ka'aba and the Masjid al-Haram. The stylistic nature of the images suggests that they were painted by an Indian artist.