Arab of Loheia / Tribe Beni Koreish
ArtistAfter
James Bruce Esq
(born 1730)
Date1780-1850
Object number00019966
NamePainting
MediumWatercolour on paper
DimensionsImage: 183 x 145 mm
Overall: 210 x 155 mm
Sheet: 210 x 155 mm
Overall: 210 x 155 mm
Sheet: 210 x 155 mm
ClassificationsArt
Credit LineANMM Collection
DescriptionThis watercolour was painted by an unknown artist from an engraving featured in James Bruce's account of his journeys in North Africa tracing the Blue Nile from 1768 to 1773.
The original image by Bruce was later reproduced as an engraving in his publication ‘Travels to discover the source of the Nile, in the years 1768, 1769, 1770, 1771, 1772, and 1773’, which was eventually published in five lavishly illustrated volumes in 1790.
