Abdullah, The Snake Charmer
Details
Arthur Melville R.W.S., A.R.S.A. (Scottish, 1858-1904)
Abdullah, The Snake Charmer
signed, inscribed and dated 'Arthur Melville, Bagdad 1883' (lower right) and inscribed 'Abdullah the Snake Charmer' (lower left) and inscribed 'No.2/"Abdullah, The Snake Charmer"/Arthur Melville/2 Streatford Avenue/Kensington/London W. The property of/R Strathearn Esq/Edinburgh' (on a label on the reverse)
watercolour and gum arabic heightened with scratching-out
20¼ x 14¼in. (51.4 x 36.3cm.)
Abdullah, The Snake Charmer
signed, inscribed and dated 'Arthur Melville, Bagdad 1883' (lower right) and inscribed 'Abdullah the Snake Charmer' (lower left) and inscribed 'No.2/"Abdullah, The Snake Charmer"/Arthur Melville/2 Streatford Avenue/Kensington/London W. The property of/R Strathearn Esq/Edinburgh' (on a label on the reverse)
watercolour and gum arabic heightened with scratching-out
20¼ x 14¼in. (51.4 x 36.3cm.)
Provenance
Robert Strathearn Esq, Edinburgh.
Literature
MacKay, A.E. Arthur Melville, R.W.S., A.R.S.A. (1855-1904), Leigh-on-Sea, 1951, p.125.
I Gale, Arthur Melville, Edinburgh, 1996, p.39, pl.28.
I Gale, Arthur Melville, Edinburgh, 1996, p.39, pl.28.
Exhibited
Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, Annual Exhibition, 1890, no.70.
London, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 1906, no.89.
London, Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours 1906, no.89.