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Sketches of camels and a Bedouin encampment

Drawing
1841-1850
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Lewis made a number of drawings and watercolours of Bedouin encampments and their camels, based on preliminary sketches like these.
Very few of Lewis's rough sketches survive, but this group bequeathed by his widow [D.1164-D.1198-1908] often contain his first thoughts. They are either composition sketches, or details sketched for inclusion in the finished watercolour and oil paintings.


Object details

Object type
TitleSketches of camels and a Bedouin encampment (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Pencil on paper
Brief description
Pencil sketch of a string of camels, and on the back an Arab encampment with camels
Dimensions
  • Height: 7cm
  • Width: 9.2cm
Marks and inscriptions
Inscribed in pencil 1st row of camels in perspective Inscribed in pencil on back Camel
Object history
Bequeathed by Mrs J. F. Lewis, via her executors and H. H. Finch. This is one of a group of rough sketches [D.1164-D.1198-1908]. Marian Lewis retained them perhaps for sentimental reasons. They had been in her husband's studio up to his death in 1876, either because they did not sell, or were not put into the Artist's sale in 1855. She did not subsequently include them in the studio sale of 1877.
Summary
Lewis made a number of drawings and watercolours of Bedouin encampments and their camels, based on preliminary sketches like these.
Very few of Lewis's rough sketches survive, but this group bequeathed by his widow [D.1164-D.1198-1908] often contain his first thoughts. They are either composition sketches, or details sketched for inclusion in the finished watercolour and oil paintings.
Collection
Accession number
D.1198-1908

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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