Syria. Mode of Agriculture at the Foot of Mount Carmel
1799
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1799
watercolor
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Syria. Mode of Agriculture at the Foot of Mount Carmel is a 1799 watercolor by Cooper Willyams, a Romanticism work, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This painting shows a group of people working in a rural landscape. A man in a turban stands with a stick, talking to a woman plowing a field with two oxen. Another man leans against a tree, while a child sits nearby. In the background, mountains and trees stretch under a pale sky. The title at the bottom says it’s from 1799 and shows a Turkish officer with guards. The artist was likely observing daily life in the region. Check out the Victoria and Albert Museum to see more works like this.
A watercolour drawing titled *Mode of Agriculture at the Foot of Mount Carmel* by the Reverend Cooper Willyams, dated 1799, depicts agricultural practices in the region. The work was later reproduced with minor changes as an etching and aquatint in two publications: *A Voyage up the Mediterranean in His Majesty's Ship the Swiftsure* (1802) and *A Selection of Views in Egypt, Palestine, Rhodes, Italy, Minorca, and Gibraltar* (1822). The drawing was sold at Sotheby’s in 1972 alongside a related work.
Read the full account in the museum source.
This artist painted detailed watercolours of life at sea and in the eastern Mediterranean around 1800.
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