Lot Essay
Our painting is similar in composition, although smaller in scale, to In Cairo, the artist's Royal Academy exhibit of 1886 (no.41).
Details
Joseph Farquharson, R.A. (1846-1935)
A Ferry on the Nile
signed 'J. Farquharson' and signed and inscribed 'A Ferry on the Nile/Joseph Farquharson/Migvie Lodge/Porchester Gardens' on an old label on the reverse; oil on canvas
15¼ x 24in. (38.7 x 61cm.)
A Ferry on the Nile
signed 'J. Farquharson' and signed and inscribed 'A Ferry on the Nile/Joseph Farquharson/Migvie Lodge/Porchester Gardens' on an old label on the reverse; oil on canvas
15¼ x 24in. (38.7 x 61cm.)
Provenance
T.W. Dewar; Christie's, 11 February 1927, lot 25 (30 gns. to Huggins)