Bedouin Arab
Oil Painting
1846 (painted)
1846 (painted)
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| Place of origin |
Oil painting
Object details
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| Title | Bedouin Arab (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Oil on paper |
| Brief description | Oil painting on paper, `Bedouin Arab', 1846, by Henry Johnson |
| Physical description | Oil painting |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Inscribed on the back with title, signature and date Henry Johnson 1846, and lettered, partly cut away, [...]WN. [...] [HOL?]BORN, [LOND?]ON. |
| 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 | London saleroom, sold with five similar studies of Arabs and Egyptians. |
| Historical context | In 1846 the artist exhibited a portrait of George E.Towry, Esq., in Egyptian costume at the RA (899). |
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| Collection | |
| Accession number | SD.531 |
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| Record created | February 23, 2008 |
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