Port Said from the Water, Egypt – Original mid-19th-century pen & ink drawing
Port Said from the Water, Egypt – Original mid-19th-century pen & ink drawing
Port Said from the Water, Egypt – Original mid-19th-century pen & ink drawing

Anon. Port Said from the Water, Egypt

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An original mid-19th-century pen & ink drawing Port Said from the Water, Egypt.

An early view at Port Said on the Suez Canal in Egypt.

The city was established in 1859 during the building of the canal and went on to flourish as a bustling international port with a multi-national population.

The Suez Canal was critical in enabling passage from Britain to India in the days of Empire.

In pen and ink with graphite.

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India: 19th-century Places & People

This picture is one of an interesting group of 19th-century Indian subjects that we have for sale which tell of Anglo-Indian relations in the period of Empire.

Three of the works are grey wash studies, at Agra and Benares, which recall the monochrome sketches of earlier artist William Hodges (1744–1797), who was one of the first British professional landscape painters to visit India, arriving in 1778. Another drawing depicts Port Said on the Suez Canal in Egypt, a significant stopover on the voyage by sea from Britain to India in the 19th century. The pictures in the group also evidence the colonial perspective, including one Company School painting by a local artist, combining Indian and western styles, and a portrait of 'Bengal Ayahs'—Indian nursemaids who served the families of Imperial officers. The portrait, initialled WB, recalls the focus on local people in the watercolours of British artist William Carpenter (1818–1899), who in the 1850s travelled extensively in India.

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Dimensions: Height: 18.1cm (7.13") Width: 27.4cm (10.79")

Presented: Unframed.

Medium: Pen & Ink

Age: Mid-19th-century

Signed: No.

Inscribed: Inscribed verso.

Dated: --

Condition: Age toning and marks as shown. Some creasing in places. Two short repaired tears to the lower edge and one to the upper edge. Please see photos for detail.

Stock number: JY-885