1848
From the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art
Egypt and Nubia, Volume III: Minarets, and Grand Entrance of the Metwaleys, at Cairo is a 1848 by Louis Haghe, a Romanticism work, held at Cleveland Museum of Art.
This sketch shows a busy street in Cairo with two tall minarets in the background. People in robes and turbans sit or walk along the narrow path, while buildings line both sides. A large, covered water wheel stands on the right, and a stone archway leads into a courtyard. The artist focused on daily life in Egypt, capturing details like the water wheel and the mix of old architecture. This was drawn in 1848 as part of a travel series. Look up Romanticism to see how this style often mixed adventure with everyday scenes.
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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