1818
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Mahmoud is a 1818 watercolor by Charles Lock Eastlake, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a man sitting on a low stool, wearing a pink robe and a turban. His face is lined, and he holds something small in his hands. Behind him, a rough sketch of a building and a palm tree is barely visible. The paper has some torn edges, and the colors are soft, with quick brushstrokes. The name "Mahmoud" is written in the corner, hinting this might be a portrait. The artist used watercolor, keeping the lines loose and the colors simple. Next, check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
The artwork consists of two sketches of a figure named Mahmoud, with the lower sketch rendered in pen and ink and lacking a head, while the upper version is completed in watercolour. Created in 1818, the work reflects Sir Charles Lock Eastlake’s extensive sketching during his three-month stay in Athens, where he traveled with a group before continuing independently. The sketches are part of a larger set of six drawings sold together at Sotheby’s in June 1970 for a total of fifty pounds.
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Sir Charles Lock Eastlake (17 November 1793 – 24 December 1865) was a British painter, gallery director, collector and writer of the 19th century.
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