A Bedouin Encampment
Holloway and Son
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
Unknown
Materials
Paper and wood
Measurements
428 x 637 mm
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 23408
Summary
Watercolour on paper, A Bedouin Encampment. Two central figures; left-hand one is man wearing red tunic, white turban with sword at waist, pointing with right hand to two seated men. Right-hand man wearing loose white robe with red turban, with curved sword at waist. Standing camel centre right with second camel on ground and camel handler. To left - rocks, campfire and tent. Gilded frame. Dark cream mount with foxing. Reverse has wooden panel with dark brown tape. Water damage. Brown label bottom centre in black cursive script - Holloway and Son./ English and Foreign Printsetters/No. 25 Bedford Street/Strand. W.C. Bottom line of label in black lettering - FRAMES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION FOR PICTURES AND PRINTS. - BOOKBINDING.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters.
Makers and roles
Holloway and Son, framemaker