- Artist
- John Frederick Lewis 1805–1876
- Medium
- Oil paint on wood
- Dimensions
- Support: 368 × 356 mm
frame: 650 × 630 × 110 mm - Collection
- Tate
- Acquisition
- Purchased 1900
- Reference
- N01688
Online caption
John Frederick Lewis painted his North African scenes in his London studio using drawings made when he was living in Egypt and costumes he had collected there. At this time Egypt had modernised, and new steam vessels and railways made it easier to access. Some European artists made the most of better access to the country, but left contemporary life out of their pictures. This accorded with imperial fantasies of an archaic Egypt which their audiences found romantic. Critic John Ruskin claimed that ‘in truth to nature’, Lewis’ art ranked alongside the Pre-Raphaelite circle.
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