Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876, British
Title:
A Bedouin Encampment; or, Bedouin Arabs
Date:
between 1841 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, white gouache and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 x 20 3/8 inches (34.9 x 51.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Possible collector's mark: Unidentified, red square (not in Lugt)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1934
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
men | camel (mammal) | desert | saddle | tents | Bedouin | rugs | caravan | genre subject
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)
Publications:
A loan exhibition of English drawings and watercolours from the collection of Mr and Mrs Paul Mellon of Upperville, Virginia, P. & D. Colnaghi & Co., London, 1964, cat. no. 71, N5247.M385 L62 (YCBA)

Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water, oil sketches by British watercolorists , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, pp. 42-43, fig. 40, ND467 C67 (YCBA)

Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1: intro. p. 6, p. 207, no. 443, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

Yale University Art Gallery, English drawings and watercolors, from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, April 15 - June 20, 1965 , New Haven, 1965, Cat. No. 71, NC228 Y34 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10742