Temple of Edfoo
1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1860
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Temple of Edfoo is a 1860 watercolor by Oliver Matthew Laton, a Impressionism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a row of old stone columns and doorways under a flat blue sky. The columns are tall and square, with simple caps on top. Some doorways have carvings or faded details near the bottom, and the whole scene looks worn, like ruins. The artist focused on how light hits the weathered stone, making some parts look darker. This was common in sketches from travelers studying ancient sites. Next, check out Realism to see how artists like this one recorded what they saw.
A watercolour drawing of the Temple of Edfu, created by Captain Oliver Matthew Laton in 1860, was purchased from A. Mathews in April 1972 for £6 according to Rodney Searight's records.
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Oliver Matthew Laton painted Temple of Edfu in watercolour around 1860, a single sheet showing the Egyptian temple rising from papyrus-dotted banks.
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