Castle of El Karak Trans Jordan
1947
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1947
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Castle of El Karak Trans Jordan is a 1947 watercolor by William A. Stewart, a Orientalism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a castle on a hill. It's made with watercolors. The castle is yellow and the hill is brown. There's a road that goes up the hill to the castle. The castle has a big wall around it. The wall has towers. There are some buildings inside the wall. The sky is light blue. There are some clouds. The painting is called "Castle of El Karak Trans Jordan." It was made by William A. Stewart in 1947. You can see more of his work at the Victoria and Albert Museum.
A watercolour drawing titled *Castle of El Karak, Trans Jordan* was created by William A. Stewart in 1947. The work depicts the medieval fortress of Al-Karak, a subject explored in R. Fedden’s 1957 publication *Crusader Castles*. The painting was later owned by the artist’s son, Lt.-Col. John Stewart, before being sold at a 1981 auction through Mathaf Gallery/Christie’s in South Kensington for £50.
Read the full account in the museum source.
William A. Stewart painted watercolours of faraway places in the early 1900s. You’ll find his brushwork in *Castle of El Karak, Trans Jordan* (1947), where warm ochres cling to ancient stone, and in *Sunset glow –…
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