An Arab woman, with a head shawl, carrying a water jug

Details

William Gale (1823-1909)
An Arab woman, with a head shawl, carrying a water jug
signed and inscribed 'Wm Gale/Langham Chamber/Portland Place/London.' (on the reverse)
oil on panel
7 7/8 x 5 7/8 in. (20 x 15 cm.)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 12 November 1998, lot 256.

Exhibited

Possibly London, British Institution, 1867, no. 460.

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Lot Essay

William Gale first visited the Holy Land in the autumn of 1862, when he stayed in Nazareth; he returned to the region in 1867. Like his contemporary William Webbe, Gale specialised in biblical genre which owed much to his direct experience of the East but was also infused with a Victorian romanticism. Gale employed a Pre-Raphaelite technique, often painting on a wet white ground to enhance the luminosity of his colour palette.

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