Sheikh el Belled: Kom Ombo

Details

John Frederick Lewis, R.A., P.R.W.S. (1805-1876)
Sheikh el Belled: Kom Ombo
signed and dated 'J F Lewis/Kom Ombo/1850.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white and gum arabic on buff paper
14 x 19¾in. (35.5 x 49.2cm.)

Provenance

The Artist's sale; Christie's London, 4 May 1877, lot 132 (31gns. unsold).
Mrs J.S. Kennedy; Christie's, 22 Feb. 1958, lot 64 (5gns. unsold).
with Agnew's.
with The Fine Art Society, 1968

Literature

J.M. Lewis, John Frederick Lewis, R.A., 1978, p.84, no.421.

Lot Essay

Lewis was based in Cairo 1841-51.
The Sheikh el Belled referred to in the title of this watercolour would have been the chief of the local village who would, no doubt, have acted as guide to travelling artists, to local places of interest such as the Temple at Kom Ombo. Kom Ombo lies about 100 miles upstream from Luxor.

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