Title:
A Syrian Sheik, Egypt
Maker:
Lewis, John Frederick; painter; British artist, 1805-1876
Category:
painting
Name:
painting
Date:
1856
School/Style:
British
Technique:
painting (image-making)
Material(s):
oil paint; medium
panel (wood); support
Technique
Description:
oil on panel
Dimension(s):
height, 43.1, cm
width, 30.4, cm
Acquisition:
given; 1862; Ellison, Richard, Mrs
Inscription(s):
signature; lower right; J.F. Lewis
date; lower right; 1856
label; verso, panel; printed; Charles Roberson & Co., London
stencil; verso, frame; J. & W. Vokins, frame makers
Exhibition(s):
Visions of the Ottoman Empire. 1994-08-17 - 1994-11-15
Venue: Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
(Royal Academy, 1857). 1857
Venue: Royal Academy of Arts, London
Notes: with title 'A Syrian Sheik, Egypt'
Catalogue number: 39
Documentation:
Earp, F.R.. 1902. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Pictures in the Fitzwilliam Museum.Cambridge (Cambs.): p. 115
Goodison, J.W.. 1977. Catalogue of Paintings in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. III, British School.Cambridge (Cambs.): Cambridge University Pressp. 154-155
Lewis, Michael. 1978. John Frederick Lewis R.A. 1805-1876.Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis Ltd
no. 568
, Spink and Son Ltd1995. Visions of the Orient, sale catalogue.London?: p. 11
reproduced, see cat. no. 12
Goodison, J.W.. 1967. [Unknown; Illustrated London News; 1960].London:
Source Title: Illustrated London News II (1960)
p. 41,42
reproduced p. 41 (at half-length)
Accession:
Object Number: 468
(Paintings, Drawings and Prints)
(record id: 3581; input: 2000-04-03; modified: 2007-10-03)
Permanent
Identifier:
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