Women pilgrims on the steps of Omuro Gosho (east), Kyoto, Japan Size:L: 80 x 80cm Sistine Chapel

Sistine Chapel

Head and shoulders portrait of Asa Gray in profile and facing to the left as viewed in the style of a memorial plaque or sculpture

A prospect of the City from Temple to Wapping appears in the lower margin with a key to significant landmarks

Inscribed above 'Dessin de la Chaloupe et machine qui a servie a l'experience faite sur le canal de Manzanares le 1er Marz 1784'

Women pilgrims on the steps of Omuro Gosho (east), Kyoto, Japan Size:L: 80 x 80cm Sistine ChapelWomen pilgrims on the steps of Omuro Gosho (east), Kyoto, Japan, 1904. Also known as Ninna ji, Omuro Gosho is a Buddhist temple originally founded in the 880s. Until the Japanese Imperial Family moved to Tokyo in 1869, it was traditional for one of the Emperor's sons to act as head priest of the temple. Stereoscopic card. Detail.