Tomb Near Old Helwan
1900
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1900
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Tomb Near Old Helwan is a 1900 watercolor by Frederick Forbes Ogilvie, a Orientalism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a sandy desert with a small, round mud-brick building in the center. The building has three dark window-like holes near the top and a flat roof. In front of it, a person in white clothing sits on the ground, leaning against the structure. A lone palm tree stands to the left, and in the distance, a few low white buildings line the horizon under a pale blue sky. The artist used soft, watery brushstrokes to suggest the dry, sunlit landscape. The colors are muted—earthy browns, pale blues, and sandy yellows—with little contrast. Look up Ogilvie, Frederick Forbes to see more of his desert scenes.
The watercolour drawing titled *Tomb Near Old Helwan* was created by Frederick Forbes Ogilvie in 1900. It was later acquired by Rodney Searight from his sister, Mrs. Blenman-Bull, in December 1977 for fifteen pounds.
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Frederick Forbes Ogilvie painted watercolors of Egyptian sites around 1900. His brush traced quiet scenes like A Doorway at Philae, where sunlight falls on ancient stonework, and Tomb Near Old Helwan, capturing…
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