Ain-Jiddy./Engaddi
1848
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1848
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Ain-Jiddy./Engaddi is a 1848 watercolor by R. Aulick, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This watercolour painting shows a desert landscape with a few tents in the foreground. The tents are set up in a clearing, with a mountain range rising up behind them. In the foreground, a few people are gathered around the tents, and there is a fallen tree branch lying on the ground. The painting has a warm, golden light, which suggests that it is either early morning or late afternoon. The colours are muted, with shades of brown and beige dominating the palette. The overall effect is one of calmness and serenity. The painting is a great example of Romanticism, and if you're interested in learning more about this movement, you could look up Romanticism next.
This watercolour drawing, titled Ain-Jiddy/Engaddi, was created by R. Aulick in 1848. It served as an illustration for William Francis Lynch's 1849 publication, Narrative Of The United States' Expedition To The River Jordan And The Dead Sea, appearing opposite page 290. The work was later acquired by R. Appleby before being purchased in 1967.
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British artist R. Aulick traveled the Dead Sea’s western shore in the late 1840s and sketched the landscape in watercolour. The five works in this bundle show Bedouin camps by the Belus River, an encampment at…
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