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The river bank at Edfu, with waterwheel of buckets, 20 February

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Date

c.1869

Artist

Oswald Walters Brierly (1817-1894)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/920352

Description

Royal party seen to left. Princess of Wales on white donkey with gold and red saddle. Waterwheel to right above the Nile, with buckets tied to the wheel. People watching and waiting for water. Inscribed.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2018

Location

Edfu, Egypt

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Boats
Tools
Deserts
Rivers

Category

Landscapes & Seascapes

TWW Comment

This painting shows a sakia waterwheel in use on the banks of the River Nile, c.1869. A chain of buckets hangs down into a well, scooping up the water as the wheel turns above. The contraptions have been around since the third century BC.⠀ The scene was painted by Oswald Walters Brierly who accompanied Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, to Egypt in 1869.

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