1847
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume II: A Persian Wheel, Used in Raising Water from the Nile is a 1847 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a wooden water wheel dug into the ground, with a bucket chain dangling into a river. The wheel has a wooden frame and looks like it’s lifting water. A palm tree stands in the background, and the whole scene is drawn in soft, grayish lines. The wheel is called a *Persian wheel*—it’s an old way to pull water from the Nile for farming. The artist made it look simple but detailed, focusing on how the machine works. If you like this, check out The Cleveland Museum of Art to see more drawings like this.
Louis Haghe (17 March 1806 – 9 March 1885) was a lithographer and watercolourist from the Netherlands and then the United Kingdom.
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