Ceremony of weighing the Great Mogul
Above image: Engraved for Moore's Voyages & travels., After Louis Fabricius Dubourg?
- Abstract
- Depicts the Great Mogul standing on one weighing pan of a large scale, with a man adjusting the weights on the other weighing pan. A crowd has gathered for the ceremony, and many observers are holding spears. Two men are kneeling in front of the scale.
- Contributor
- Roberts, James, 1725-1799 (Engraver), Moore, John Hamilton, -1807 (Contributor), Dubourg, Louis Fabricius, 1693-1775 (Artist)
- Date
- 1778?
- Department
- Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
- Dimensions
- image 16 x 27 cm, plate mark 19 x 29 cm, on sheet 24 x 37 cm
- Genre
- engravings (prints)
- Last Modified
- 2025-10-27T16:43:15.749971Z
- Language
- English
- Materials
- 1 print : engraving
- Notes
- Dubourg invt. ; Jas. Roberts sculp. (Statement of Responsibility), Title from caption. (Local Note)
- Provenance
- Library copy from the library of Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Series
- Donald K. Adams and Lawrence D. Stewart Collection of Prints--Moore, John Hamilton, -1807. New and complete collection of voyages and travels
- Technique
- engraving (printing process)
- Attribution
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