Drawings
Index to Paintings
1. A Persian
Pedlar
2. Odalisque
3. Head of an Arab
4. Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
5. Pasture, Egypt
6. The Temple of Philae
7. View on the Nile
8. On the Nile
9. View on the Nile
10. A Street in Damascus
11. Old Damascus: Jews' Quarter
12. Portions of the interior of the
Grand Mosque of Damascus
13. The Moorish Garden;
A Dream of Granada
14. The Music Lesson
15. Study; at a Reading Desk
16. A Street in Algiers
17. Damascus: Night
18. Study of Nubian Young Man
19. Eastern Scene, Algiers
20. The Light of the Harem
21. Phoenicians Bartering with
Ancient Britons
2. Odalisque
3. Head of an Arab
4. Courtyard of a Mosque at Broussa
5. Pasture, Egypt
6. The Temple of Philae
7. View on the Nile
8. On the Nile
9. View on the Nile
10. A Street in Damascus
11. Old Damascus: Jews' Quarter
12. Portions of the interior of the
Grand Mosque of Damascus
13. The Moorish Garden;
A Dream of Granada
14. The Music Lesson
15. Study; at a Reading Desk
16. A Street in Algiers
17. Damascus: Night
18. Study of Nubian Young Man
19. Eastern Scene, Algiers
20. The Light of the Harem
21. Phoenicians Bartering with
Ancient Britons
View on the Nile
Image Details
Title: 'View on the Nile'
Date: 1868
Media: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 27.3 x 49.5cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
Interpretation: In October 1868, Leighton embarked upon a voyage down the Nile on a private steamer. The majority of Leighton's sketches from this period are views of the Nile or surrounding country, of which this is one. He was interested in the configuration of the countryside and the parallel strata of the Egyptian hills.
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Date: 1868
Media: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 27.3 x 49.5cm
Location: Leighton House Museum
Picture credit: The Bridgeman Art Library
Interpretation: In October 1868, Leighton embarked upon a voyage down the Nile on a private steamer. The majority of Leighton's sketches from this period are views of the Nile or surrounding country, of which this is one. He was interested in the configuration of the countryside and the parallel strata of the Egyptian hills.
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