A Street Scene in Suez, Eygpt

Details

Henry Wallis, R.W.S. (1830-1916)
A Street Scene in Suez, Eygpt
with inscription 'a Street Scene in Suez by Henry Wallis' (on an old label attached to the backing)
pencil and watercolour heightened with bodycolour and gum arabic
25 x 17¼in. (63.5 x 43.7cm.)

Provenance

With Mathaf Gallery.

Exhibited

London, Royal Society of Painters in Watercolours, 1887, no. 23.

Lot Essay

Early in his career Wallis painted a small group of paintings depicting scenes and incidents with strong literary associations. Of these, it was Chatterton, exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1856, which established his reputation.
Wallis travelled in Italy, Egypt and the Middle East and illustrated a number of books on Persian works of art.

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