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Tomb of St. Louis on the ruins of Carthage

John Baptist Joseph Dormer

1870

watercolor

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

Impressionism Realism Late 19th Century

Dominant colour

Tomb of St. Louis on the ruins of Carthage is a 1870 watercolor by John Baptist Joseph Dormer, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: John Baptist Joseph Dormer
When & what style?: 1870 · Impressionism
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

This sketch shows a quiet hillside with a small building and a dome in the distance. The ground is rocky and dry, with patches of sparse green plants. The sky is pale, and the whole scene looks soft and hazy. The dome belongs to a tomb, and the artist wrote the title at the bottom. The colors are muted, with earthy tones dominating the landscape. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.

The story of this work

Overview

The watercolor depicts the Tomb of St. Louis situated among the ruins of Carthage, with a secondary sketch on the reverse showing a vegetated pathway. The work was purchased from Alister Mathews in October 1975 for £30.

Read the full account in the museum source.

About the artist

Artist

John Baptist Joseph Dormer

John Baptist Joseph Dormer painted North-African watercolors in the 1870s. He shows the Mosque walls on Monsoorat, the Sidi fet allah gate in Tunis, and the oldest mosque in Tlemcen. Each sheet records a town, a gate,…

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