View on the Nile near Cairo, ca. 1855, Watercolor over graphite, heightened with bodycolor and stopping out, Sheet: 7 9/16 × 14 1/16 in. (19.2 × 35.7 cm), Drawings, Thomas Seddon (British, London 1821–1856 Cairo), Seddon here uses a striking pastel palette to evoke a sunset over the Nile. A walled village and palm trees at left are silouetted against a lemon sky, while tiny buildings in Cairo gleam pink and violet in the right distance, behind diabeyahs described in similar tones
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View, Nile, Cairo, ca, 1855, Watercolor, graphite, heightened, bodycolor, stopping out, Sheet, 7 9/16, 14 1/16, 19.2, 35.7 cm, Drawings, Thomas Seddon, British, London, 1821–1856, Seddon, uses, striking pastel palette, evoke, sunset, walled village, palm trees, left, silouetted, lemon sky, tiny buildings, Cairo gleam, pink, violet, right distance, diabeyahs described, tones
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