Capital from the Mosque of El-Aksa (Chapiteau de la mosquée d'El Aksa)

• Artist: James Tissot
• Medium: Ink on paper mounted on board
• Dates: 1886-1887 or 1889
• Dimensions: Sheet: 3 7/8 x 5 3/16 in. (9.8 x 13.1 cm) Mount: 4 3/4 x 5 11/16 in. (12.1 x 14.5 cm)
• Inscriptions: Verso on mount: "page 229--La Passion."
• Collection: European Art
• Museum Location: Brooklyn Museum, BMA, 2N12, J104
• Accession Number: 00.159.356.1
• Image: 00.159.356.1_cropped_PS2.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, Nov 30, 2007

Catalogue Description:
This is one of five drawings (00.159.356.1-.5) sketched on and later cut from one sheet of paper. The drawings were sketched in three registers and the placement of this drawing was the first register, top left.