Hassan: A Fellah Boy of Upper Egypt
Watercolour
1858 (made)
1858 (made)
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| Place of origin |
Carl Haag, a German-born travel artist, painted this watercolour in Cairo, Egypt, at the end of 1858. During a journey across the desert from Cairo to Suez, which he undertook with Frederick Goodall, Haag painted many watercolours (another example is in the V&A, 408-1891). The word 'Fellah' identifies the ordinary people of Egypt who were not slaves.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Hassan: A Fellah Boy of Upper Egypt (popular title) |
| Materials and techniques | Watercolour |
| Brief description | Watercolour entitled 'Hassan, a Fellah Boy of Upper Egypt' by Carl Haag. British School, 1858. |
| Physical description | Watercolour drawing |
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| Credit line | Prescott Hewett Gift |
| Summary | Carl Haag, a German-born travel artist, painted this watercolour in Cairo, Egypt, at the end of 1858. During a journey across the desert from Cairo to Suez, which he undertook with Frederick Goodall, Haag painted many watercolours (another example is in the V&A, 408-1891). The word 'Fellah' identifies the ordinary people of Egypt who were not slaves. |
| Bibliographic reference | Marsh, Jan (ed.), Black Victorians: Black People in British Art 1800-1900, London: Lund Humphries, 2005. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 410-1891 |
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| Record created | May 22, 2006 |
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