1864
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
First Cataract of the Nile, looking south is a 1864 watercolor by John William Burgon, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a rocky shoreline with a few people standing on a cliff edge. The water is calm, and the land slopes down to a distant horizon. The colors are mostly muted—soft blues, grays, and sandy browns—with quick, loose brushstrokes. The artist wrote the title in the corner, calling it the *First Cataract of the Nile*. The small group on the cliff adds a sense of scale to the vast landscape. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour drawing by John William Burgon depicts the First Cataract of the Nile, looking southward. The work was created during a journey Burgon undertook from September 1861 to July 1863, accompanying a Miss Webb and her party through the Holy Land. The piece was later sold at Christie’s in March 1979 and was formerly held in the collection of John Burgon Bickersteth, the artist’s godson.
Read the full account in the museum source.
John William Burgon was an English Anglican divine who became the Dean of Chichester Cathedral in 1876.
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