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19th Century Suez Canal Group Of Bedouin Tribesman With Camels

£4,500    $5,615    €5,402
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1 Fine British Victorian Painting View Suez Canal Egypt Group Of Bedouin Tribesman With Camels Travelling Along Bank by Henry Andrew Harper.
 
Impress your guests & clients in your home or office with this Bendouin tribal masterpiece.
 
Title “Bedouin Tribesmen on the bank of the Suez Canal Egypt'' by Henry Andrew Harper C1872.
 
Subject view of 6 Bedouin Tribesmen, with 3 riding camels and 3 others walking along the fine course sandy banks of the Suez canal in Egypt all together.
 
A nice easy to display size with the frame being 39 cm wide and 28 cm high.
 
Circa 1872 late 19th century Victorian era.
 
A fascinating rare 19th century era scene of Tribesman Bedoiun as they travel along the known Suez canal''s bank shoreline, with some on camels & others walking along, dressed in typical tribal dress clothing, the tribesman seen towards the rear can be seen to be carrying water and food, above with mainly clear light sky. A further interesting feature is that this painting was only painted around a few years after the Suez canal was completed in 1869.
 
Medium watercolour on paper backed with board with a front glass protective cover.
 
Set in a later gilt frame.
 
Titled and signed by the known British listed artist Henry Andrew Harper in the lower bottom corners & inscribed verso.
 
Artist biography Henry Andrew Harper British | 1835 - 1900 Henry Andrew Harper a known British 19th Century artist who was born in the year 1835 in Barnham Bedfordshire. Harper''s paintings have been exhibited & sold at art galleries & auction houses like Christie’s around the world, the current highest sold price is $39,855 US Dollars. Harper is also known to have exhibited a selection of his paintings at the Royal Academy of Arts. During the early 1870s he visited Egypt accompanied with his friend & patron William Ward The First Earl of Dudley, Harper painted scenes of what he witnessed in person whilst on the trip. He died in 1900 at Westerham Hall in Kent.
 
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Antique #SA1087117, shown on this page, originates from the 19th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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