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The Bazaar of the Ghûriyah from the Steps of the Mosque of El-Ghûri, Cairo

© Tate, London 2019 | CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported)

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Date

1841-1851

Artist

John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876)

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https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/lewis-the-bazaar-of-the-ghuriyah-from-the-steps-of-the-mosque-of-el-ghuri-cairo-t08183

Description

After visiting Italy, Greece and Spain in search of subject matter, Lewis went to Egypt in 1841. He stayed there for ten years and continued to paint Middle- Eastern scenes until the end of his life.
This sketch was probably created on the spot. It shows the bazaar in the street of the Ghûriyah on the east side of the mosque of El-Ghûri. Lewis's art provided English viewers with a persuasive vision of Middle- Eastern life, based on first hand observations like this. Nonetheless, his finished paintings incorporated many traditional fantasies and assumptions about the Islamic world.
Gallery label, September 2004
Medium: Graphite, watercolour and gouache on paper
Credit line: 'Purchased as part of the Oppé Collection with assistance from the National Lottery through the Heritage Lottery Fund 1996'

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CC-BY-NC-ND 3.0 (Unported)

Image Credit

© Tate, London 2019

Location

Wekalet El Ghoury, El-Darb El-Ahmar, Egypt

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