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| Interior Of A Mosque At Cordova ca. 1880 The Walters Art Museum Mount Vernon Baltimore, MD | ![]() After studying in Paris with Jean-Leon Gerome and Leon Bonnat, Weeks emerged as one of America's major painters of orientalist subjects. He was an inveterate traveler and journeyed to South America (1869), Egypt and Persia (1870), Morocco (frequently between 1872 and 1878), and India (1882-83). This work, set in the 8th-century great mosque of... | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Curiously Wrought Red Sandstone Arches, Fort Agra, India ca. 1885-1895 Brooklyn Museum New York, NY | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | Before A Mosque 1883 Private Collection Unknown, USA | ![]() A masjid is a place of worship for followers of Islam. The word entered the English language most likely through French (mosquee), from Portuguese (mesquita), from Spanish (mezquita), and from Berber (tamezgida), ultimately originating in Arabic: masjid. The Arabic word masjid literally means a place of prostration. The word "masjid" in English... | Unrated | Anonymous |
![]() | An Openair Restaurant, Lahore c. 1889 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
![]() | A Street Market Scene, India 1887 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Unrated | Anonymous | |
| A Market In Isphahan 1885 Private Collection Unknown, USA | Unrated | Anonymous |
- Edwin Lord Weeks









