Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)

Girgeh, Egypt

Details

Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906)
Girgeh, Egypt
signed with initials 'HBB' (lower right) and inscribed 'Girgeh' (lower left)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour, on grey paper
8.5/8 x 11½ in. (21.9 x 29.2 cm.)

Provenance

with The Albany Gallery, London.

Exhibited

London, Leighton House, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1971, no. 29.
London, The Fine Art Society, 1974, no. 32.
Hastings, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, The Wide World of Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective Exhibition of his Art 17 July-12 September 1976, no. 25.
London, Campbell and Franks, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon: A Retrospective of his Art, 1976, no. 52.
London, Chris Beetles, Hercules Brabazon Brabazon (1821-1906): Exhibition of Watercolours and Pastels, 12 November-18 December 1982, no. 177.

Lot Essay

Girgeh was one of the first manufacturing sites of glazed pottery in the ancient world.

Brabazon visited Cairo in 1860 and went on three Nile tours in 1868, 1874 and 1877. He never returned to Egypt after Britain's military intervention in 1882.

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