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Boy in the desert dated July 1864

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July 1864

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A watercolour showing a portrait of a North African boy. He is shown three-quarter-length, facing left with his face turned to the front over one shoulder. He is shown against a desert background. Inscribed lower right: VR & H [?E] Corbould del Osborne July 1864.
Edward Henry Corbould was Queen Victoria's drawing teacher from May 1852. He also occasionally instructed the Queen in painting.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil, watercolour', 'pencil, watercolour'
Additional Makers: Edward Henry Corbould (1815-1905) (artist)

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North Africa