Mendurah in my House in Cairo

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Artist/Maker	Lewis, John Frederick (RA POWCS) (artist)
Place of origin	Cairo (made) Cairo (painted)

Lewis made careful sketches of his historic house in Cairo, using them later for the basis of many of his pictures he painted when back in England after 1850. This sketch shows the Mandara, or main reception room, complete with its mashrabiya, or intricately patterned turned wooden screens at the windows.

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Categories	Drawings Historic Cairo
Object type	Watercolour
Title	Mendurah in my House in Cairo (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques	Watercolour on paper Drawing
Brief description	Watercolour drawing entitled 'Mendurah in my House in Cairo', by John Frederick Lewis, ca. 1843.
Physical description	Lewis made careful sketches of his historic house in Cairo, using them later for the basis of many of his pictures he painted when back in England after 1850. This sketch shows the Mandara, or main reception room, complete with its mashrabiya, or intricately patterned turned wooden screens at the windows.
Dimensions	From catalogue height: 38.1cm From catalogue width: 54.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	Signed J. F. Lewis
Gallery label	John Frederick Lewis 1804/5-1876 My House in Cairo About 1843 Lewis made careful sketches of his historic house in Cairo, using them later for the pictures he painted after his return to England. This sketch shows the main reception room with its intricately patterned stained glass in the upper windows. Pencil and watercolour Purchased 1877 Museum no. 717-1877 (E.5679-1910)
Place depicted	Cairo
Bibliographic reference	Tromans, Nicholas (Ed.), The Lure of the East : British Orientalist Painting. Tate, London, 2008 Fig.127
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	717-1877

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Record created	October 16, 2007
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O140008/mendurah-in-my-house-in-watercolour-lewis-john-frederick/

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