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Source Description
This drawing was a study for a larger watercolor (now at the Victoria and Albert Museum) of Mehmet Ali Pasha, considered by many as the "Father of Modern Egypt." While European travel to the Middle East burgeoned during the mid 19th century, John Frederick Lewis was more intrepid than most, living and painting in Cairo for a decade. Upon his return to England in 1851, he astonished London audiences with more than 600 watercolors that conjured an exotic world of sumptuous colors and textures articulated in painstaking detail.
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153393
label
Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha
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drawing
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153393
contentType
drawing
title
Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha
description
This drawing was a study for a larger watercolor (now at the Victoria and Albert Museum) of Mehmet Ali Pasha, considered by many as the "Father of Modern Egypt." While European travel to the Middle East burgeoned during the mid 19th century, John Frederick Lewis was more intrepid than most, living and painting in Cairo for a decade. Upon his return to England in 1851, he astonished London audiences with more than 600 watercolors that conjured an exotic world of sumptuous colors and textures articulated in painstaking detail.
date
c. 1844
citation
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79939308
creators
1322
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Drawing
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Sheet: 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.); Secondary Support: 44.3 x 33 cm (17 7/16 x 13 in.)
cul
England, 19th century
accession
1986.78
Source extras
tec
watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite
tombstone
Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha, c. 1844. John Frederick Lewis (British, 1805–1876). Watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite; sheet: 36.2 x 24.6 cm (14 1/4 x 9 11/16 in.); secondary support: 44.3 x 33 cm (17 7/16 x 13 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund, 1986.78
supportMaterials
description
cream wove paper
collection
DR - British
didYouKnow
Lord Elphinstone, governor of Madras, described this drawing in an 1845 letter as "the best, and in fact, the only good likeness [of Mehmet Ali Pasha] I have seen, and I saw it within a quarter of an hour of leaving the original."
citations
citation
Turner, Evan H. "The Year in Review for 1986." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (1987): 38-79.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 72, no. 159
url
www.jstor.org/stable/25159974
citation
Lemonedes, Heather. <em>British Drawings: The Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>Exh. Cat. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2013.
page_number
Mentioned: pp. 86-87, 146, no. 28; Reproduced: p. 87
creditline
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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2026-05-29 07:55:30.212000
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153393
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Drawings
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DR - British
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watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite
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male
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1
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0
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photo
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