Feluccas on the Nile 1275299

Feluccas on the Nile

Alexandre Nicolaievitch Roussoff (Russia 1844 – 1928)

Shaw's Corner © National Trust / Mike Burgess, George Berry, James Steadman

Shaw’s Corner © National Trust / George Berry, Mike Burgess and James Steadman

Date

1894 (signed and dated)

Materials

Watercolour on paper

Measurements

305 x 470 mm (12 x 18 1/2 in)

Place of origin

Cairo

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Collection

Shaw's Corner, Hertfordshire

NT 1275299

Summary

Watercolour on paper, Feluccas on the Nile by Alexandre Nicolaievitch Roussoff (Russia 1844 – 1928), signed and dated, bottom right: A. N. Rousseoff 1894. Small yachts with very tall narrow sails heading down an estuary, with many already on the sea. Coastline across the picture from the left with three people silhouetted on it. Yellow sky, thinning to beige and then pink.

Provenance

Bequeathed by George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Marks and inscriptions

Recto: Signature bottom left :A. N. Roussoff 1894.

Makers and roles

Alexandre Nicolaievitch Roussoff (Russia 1844 – 1928), artist

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