`Maharraka - Nubia'
1855
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1855
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
`Maharraka - Nubia' is a 1855 watercolor by George de Sausmarez, a British Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This sketch shows a quiet desert scene with a ruined temple half-buried in sand. Palm trees line the left side, their green fronds sharp against the dry earth. In front of the temple sits a low stone wall, and a dark body of water stretches across the bottom. The painting feels like a quick note from a traveler—simple brushstrokes and muted colors. The temple’s columns stand out against the faded landscape, almost like a ghost of what was once grand. Next, look up the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more sketches like this.
One of 45 watercolours by George de Sausmarez mounted on 35 supports, this work depicts a scene in Nubia and is part of an album featuring views from Egypt and Nubia created during or after an 1855 journey along the Nile, traveling upstream and then downstream. The album is housed in a half-bound crimson morocco music binder with "EGYPT" stamped on the front cover.
Read the full account in the museum source.
George de Sausmarez painted watercolors of Egypt’s Nile in the 1850s, recording river scenes and landmarks with quick, transparent washes.
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