Convent of Siltina (on the Nile)
1832
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1832
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Convent of Siltina (on the Nile) is a 1832 by Owen Jones, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a rocky riverside scene with a few small boats. People sit on the shore, near a building with steps leading up to it. The artist used quick, light lines to suggest trees, hills, and distant masts—nothing is fully detailed. The drawing feels rough and fast, like a quick note of a place. The artist left big areas blank, focusing on shapes over details. Next, check out cross-hatching to see how artists build texture with lines.
The drawing *Convent of Siltina (on the Nile)* by Owen Jones, created in 1832, depicts a structure along the Nile River. Part of a series of eleven drawings titled *Views On The Nile From Cairo To The Second Cataract*, it may represent the Deir al-Bakarah (Deir al-Adhra) near Suhag. The work is held in the Searight Collection and shares thematic connections with other Egyptian subjects in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum. The exact location of the convent remains uncertain.
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English architect and designer Owen Jones spent the 1830s in Egypt and later sketched its temples in crisp watercolours.
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