A Caravan in the desert
Oil Painting
after 1837-ca. 1845 (painted)
after 1837-ca. 1845 (painted)
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Painting depicting a camel caravan in the Egyptian desert.
Object details
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| Title | A Caravan in the desert (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on board |
| Brief description | Oil painting, 'A Caravan in the Desert', Attributed to Henry Warren |
| Physical description | Painting depicting a camel caravan in the Egyptian desert. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back [probably falsely] H Warren 10 Robert Street Chelsea 1829 |
| Credit line | Purchased with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Art Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A |
| Object history | Purchased with the assistance of The Art Fund, the National Heritage Memorial Fund, Shell International and the Friends of the V&A, 1985 |
| Historical context | Reproduced in Col. M. H. Grant, A Chronological History of the Old English Landscape Painters (in Oil) ..., Leigh-on-Sea, 1947, Vol.3, Pl.55 & p.29. This appears to be a copy (with variations including the addition of the Pyramids) of the frontispiece in L. de Laborde, Voyage de la Syrie, 1837 (see SP.341), colour lithograph by W. H. Freeman after P. Marilhat, titled Une Caravane Dans Le Desert. It is therefore unlikely to have been executed before 1837, and certainly not before 1833, the date of Marilhat's return to France from Egypt. Marilhat's oil painting of the subject was not exhibited at the Salon until 1844 (see D.Menu, 1972, no.449). However, by 1837, Warren was painting predominantly in watercolours. He was living at 10 Robert Street in 1833, but had moved by 1839 (see Graves). All this suggests that both the date and the attribution may be spurious. |
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| Accession number | SD.1187 |
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| Record created | April 23, 2007 |
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