Study for 'The Courtyard of the Coptic Patriarch's House in Cairo'
at Tate Britain
John Frederick Lewis
British1805–1876Orientalism
About
John Frederick Lewis (1804–1876) was an English Orientalist painter. He specialized in Oriental and Mediterranean scenes in detailed watercolour or oils, very often repeating the same composition in a version in each medium. He lived for several years in a traditional mansion in Cairo, and after his return to England in 1851 he specialized in highly detailed works showing both realistic genre scenes of Middle Eastern life and more idealized scenes in upper-class Egyptian interiors with little apparent Western influence.
Notable works
Street Scene near the El Ghouri Mosque in Cairo
at Louvre Museum
Captive Dove, Kaïro
at Fitzwilliam Museum
The Coffee Bearer
at Manchester Art Gallery
A Syrian Sheik, Egypt
at Fitzwilliam Museum
Works in the collection
5 works
Study for 'The Courtyard of the Coptic Patriarch's House in Cairo'
at Tate Britain
Street Scene near the El Ghouri Mosque in Cairo
at Louvre Museum
Captive Dove, Kaïro
at Fitzwilliam Museum
The Coffee Bearer
at Manchester Art Gallery
A Syrian Sheik, Egypt
at Fitzwilliam Museum
More by John Frederick Lewis in institutions
Fitzwilliam Museum
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Tate Britain
City of Westminster, United Kingdom
Louvre Museum
Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois, France
Manchester Art Gallery
Manchester, United Kingdom
