Medinet Habu, Egypt
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (Weimar 1808 - Leipzig 1894)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1865 (signed and dated)
Materials
Watercolour on paper
Measurements
324 x 241 mm (12 3/4 x 9 1/2 in)
Place of origin
Egypt
Order this imageCollection
Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230398
Summary
Watercolour on paper, Medinet Habu, Egypt, by Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (1808 – 1894), signed and dated 1865. A girl standing by a temple wall, with an amphora balanced on her head, and her hand resting on a sculpture.
Provenance
Armstrong collection. Transferred by the Treasury to The National Trust in 1977 via the National Land Fund, aided by 3rd Baron Armstrong of Bamburgh and Cragside (1919 - 1987).
Marks and inscriptions
C. Werner f 1865
Makers and roles
Carl Friedrich Heinrich Werner (Weimar 1808 - Leipzig 1894), artist