A Mevlevi, or whirling dervish, performing a ritual mystic dance. Drawing, ca. 1850 (?).

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[1850?]
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566398i
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[1850?]

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1 drawing : ink (?), with gouache on silk (?) ; sheet 13.2 x 9.7 cm

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Derviche Lettering: handwritten in bottom left corner of sheet

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Wellcome Collection 566398i

Exhibitions note

Exhibited in “Joy” at Wellcome Collection, 15 July 2021 - 27 February 2022
Exhibited in ‘Hello Happiness!’ at Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, 27 May – 19 November 2023

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