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Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha

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Date

c. 1844

Artist

John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876)

Collection

The Cleveland Museum of Art

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http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1986.78

Description

This drawing was a study for a larger watercolor (now at the Victoria and Albert Museum) of Mehmet Ali Pasha, considered by many as the "Father of Modern Egypt." While European travel to the Middle East burgeoned during the mid 19th century, Lewis was more intrepid than most, living and painting in Cairo for a decade. Upon his return to England in 1851, he astonished London audiences with more than 600 watercolors that conjured an exotic world of sumptuous colors and textures articulated in painstaking detail.
Medium: watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite
Dimensions: Sheet: 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.3 x 33 cm (17 7/16 x 13 in.)
Credit Line: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
Accesion Number: 1986.78

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CC0 1.0

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Image courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art

Location

Cairo, Egypt

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