Sheikh el Belled: Kom Ombo

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JOHN FREDERICK LEWIS, R.A., P.R.W.S. (BRITISH, 1805-1876)
Sheikh el Belled: Kom Ombo
signed, inscribed and dated 'J F Lewis/Kom Ombo/1850.' (lower right)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white on buff paper
15 ¼ x 21 5/8 in. (38.6 x 54.9 cm.)

Provenance

The Artist's sale; Christie's, London, 4 May 1877, lot 132.
with Agnew's, London.
with The Fine Art Society, London.
Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 28 November 2000, lot 183.

Literature

Major General J..M .Lewis, John Frederick Lewis, R.A., London,1978, p. 84, no. 421.

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Lot Essay

The Sheikh el Belled referred to in the title of the present work would have been the chief of the local village who would have acted as a guide to travelling artists, accompanying them to local places such as the temple at Kom Ombo, here represented by Lewis. The temple lies approximately 100 miles upstream from Luxor, and Lewis would have visited this site with Sheikh el Belled when he was based in Cairo between 1841-1851.

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