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Date

1858

Artist

Edward Lear (1812-1888)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/914285

Description

A watercolour of the Nile, showing several dhows without sails and one laden barge.
Lear travelled to the Middle East a number of times throughout his life. This watercolour was worked up a number of years later from sketches Lear had made on the spot at the request of Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, who himself undertook an extensive tour in the Middle East in 1862. The Prince thought the artist's sketches made in Palestine and Egypt 'very pretty'.

Image Licence

All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Nile River

Medium

Tags

Sheep

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

Glossary
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