The Water Seller (A Cairo Street)
Walter Charles Horsley (London 1855 – 1934)
Category
Art / Oil paintings
Date
circa 1879 - 1895
Materials
Oil on canvas
Measurements
1030 x 690 mm
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Cragside, Northumberland
NT 1230426
Summary
Oil painting on canvas, The Water Seller (A Cairo Street) by Walter Charles Horsley (London 1855 – 1934). A street scene with a man and a child seated on a donkey, and a water seller by their side. Horsley exhibited paintings from Turkey, India and Egypt, at the Royal Academy of Arts, London between 1875 - 1904 and, particularly 'A lemonade seller - Cairo' was shown in 1888.
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).
Credit line
Cragside, The Armstrong Collection (acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1977)
Marks and inscriptions
Bottom left: Walter C. Horsley
Makers and roles
Walter Charles Horsley (London 1855 – 1934), artist