Study for 'A Halt in the Desert'

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Artist/Maker	Lewis, John (painter)
Place of origin	Walton-on-Thames (painted)

Lewis made various trips down the Nile and crossed over the desert from Cairo to Sinai. He had made many sketches of camels and their trappings, which he later used to build up pictures like this of Bedouins and their camels in the desert. Compare 'A Halt in the Desert', Museum number F.A.532

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Categories	Paintings Animals and Wildlife
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Study for 'A Halt in the Desert' (generic title)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour on panel Painting
Brief description	Study for 'A Halt in the Desert', or a similar painting by John Frederick Lewis. Great Britain, ca. 1855.
Physical description	Watercolour on panel, study of Bedouin camels
Dimensions	Height: 53.1cm Width: 76.2cm
Credit line	Given by Mrs Spencer Musson (a niece of J F Lewis),
Subject depicted	Camels
Place depicted	Egypt
Summary	Lewis made various trips down the Nile and crossed over the desert from Cairo to Sinai. He had made many sketches of camels and their trappings, which he later used to build up pictures like this of Bedouins and their camels in the desert. Compare 'A Halt in the Desert', Museum number F.A.532
Bibliographic reference	Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design and Department of Paintings, Accessions 1925, London: Board of Education, 1926.
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	P.41-1925

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Record created	June 30, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1069034/study-for-a-halt-in-watercolour-lewis-john/

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