Hassan: A Fellah Boy of Upper Egypt
1858
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1858
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
A German travel artist painted this watercolour in Cairo in 1858. Carl Haag showed a boy from Upper Egypt during a trip to Suez. The boy was a fellah, a local farmer, not a slave. The trip crossed the desert with an artist friend, Frederick Goodall. They both made many watercolours along the way. See more by Haag at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
