John Frederick Lewis

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1805-1876

A Bedouin Encampment at Gebel Tor in the Sinai Desert

ca. 1842-1843

Graphite, black chalk and watercolor on paper.

12 1/8 x 14 1/8 inches (308 x 359 mm)

Purchased on the Sunny Crawford Von Bülow Fund 1978.

2009.392

Notes:

This study likely dates to 1842-43, when Lewis made other studies of the Bedouins at Gebel Tor (the Arabic name for Mount Sinai).

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Signed and inscribed on a separate fragment of paper "Bedouins / Gebel Tor / J.F. Lewis."

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