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In the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo (The Carpet Seller), detail

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Description: In the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo (The Carpet Seller), detail
TitleIn the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo (The Carpet Seller), detail
Creator nameLewis, John Frederick
Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)
Creator rolePainter
Creation date1860
Object typePainting
MaterialsWatercolor
LocationBlackburn Museum & Art Gallery, United Kingdom
Accession numberUnknown
SubjectsPainting, British--19th centurySelling--CarpetsOttoman influences
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Introduction
Emily M. Weeks
Description: Cultures Crossed: John Frederick Lewis and the Art of Orientalism
Cultures Crossed: John Frederick Lewis and the Art of Orientalism
In the Bezestein, El Khan Khalil, Cairo (1860), also known as The Carpet Seller, should be one of John Frederick Lewis’s most straightforward pictures...
Author
Emily M. Weeks
PublisherPaul Mellon Centre
Copyright© 2014 by Emily M. Weeks
Related print edition pages: pp.1-9
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00344.1
Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-23342&redirecttoanchor=92560
Chapter subject tags:Lewis, John Frederick, 1804-1876Painting, British--19th centuryEgypt--Description and travel--19th centuryPainting, British--Ottoman influences

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