Moosulmaun burying place at Secundra.
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1830
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Moosulmaun burying place at Secundra. is a 1830 by Robert Captain Smith, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet, overgrown cemetery with a few headstones peeking through tangled branches. A large, gnarled tree dominates the center, its roots spreading across the ground. In the background, a small building and a fence line a path, while the sky stays mostly blank, letting the trees take over. The artist focused on nature’s wildness, letting vines and branches crowd the scene. The text at the bottom reads *"Moosulmaun burying place at Secundra,"* hinting this is a real, forgotten spot. Want to see more sketches like this? Check out cross-hatching.
The drawing illustrates Muslim tombs set within a broader landscape. It is one of 65 detached and mounted pencil illustrations from a travel journal covering journeys along the Ganges and visits to cities such as Cawnpore, Delhi, Agra, and Lucknow between 1828 and 1832. The work was compiled by Captain Robert Smith of the 44th Regiment and later completed in Ireland after his retirement in 1833. It was donated to the collection by W. M. Biden in 1915.
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Robert Captain Smith (1792–1882) was an artist, born in Dublin.
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