In the Desert
Watercolour
1866 (made)
1866 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
During a journey across the Egyptian desert from Cairo to Suez, Carl Haag, a German-born travel artist, painted numerous watercolours of North Africans. In the Desert is an example of the work that he produced for the British market. Like in other similar watercolours, Haag has here isolated some picturesque figures who were to convey the idea of Eastern characters.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | In the Desert (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour, 'In the Desert' by Carl Haag, 1866. |
| Physical description | Watercolour entitled 'In the Desert' depicting a full length portrait of a male figure in long yellow and beige robes, holding a smoker's pipe with a long handle. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | (Signed, and dated 1866.) |
| Credit line | Prescott Hewett Gift |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | During a journey across the Egyptian desert from Cairo to Suez, Carl Haag, a German-born travel artist, painted numerous watercolours of North Africans. In the Desert is an example of the work that he produced for the British market. Like in other similar watercolours, Haag has here isolated some picturesque figures who were to convey the idea of Eastern characters. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marsh, Jan (ed.), Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900, London: Lund Humphries, 2005. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 408-1891 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2006 |
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