A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople

1863

John Frederick Lewis

Artist, British, 1805 - 1876

John Frederick Lewis

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    The Helena E. M. Gunnarsson Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall: 33.5 × 32 cm (13 3/16 × 12 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2023.149.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Myles Birket Foster, London [1825-1899]; (his sale, Christie's, London, 28 April 1894, no. 24, as The Mendicant - Interior of a Turkish House); (J & W Vokins, 14 Great Portland Street, London). (sale Sotheby's, London, 24 Feb 1960, no. 47, as The Mendicant, Cairo). (sale Sotheby's, London, 15 June 1960, no. 18, as The Mendicant, Cairo); Private Collection, Switzerland until 2022; (sale, Koller Auktionen AG, Zurich, 23 September, 2022, no. 03472); (Andrew Clayton-Payne, London)

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in image: J.F. Lewis ARA, 1863

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