- Artist
- William James Laidlay 1846–1912
- Medium
- Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- Support: 406 × 610 mm
- Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Bequeathed by Alan Evans 1974
- Reference
- T01891
Catalogue entry
T01891 ON THE NILE 1900
Inscribed ‘W. J. Laidlay/1900’ b.l.
Oil on canvas, 16×24 (40.6×60.9)
Bequeathed by Alan Evans to the National Gallery and transferred to the Tate Gallery 1974
Coll: ...; Alan Evans
Laidlay painted several Nile scenes in the years around 1900. This picture seems to have been inspired, particularly in the colouring, by the works of Whistler.
Published in:
The Tate Gallery 1974-6: Illustrated Catalogue of Acquisitions, London 1978