Captives of Ramses II

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Object Label
Newman, an expatriate who had settled permanently in Florence about 1870, carried the Ruskinian watercolor tradition well into the twentieth century. After 1887 (the year of his first visit to Egypt) Newman’s lifestyle became increasingly nomadic; although Florence continued to be his home, he also lived for extended periods in Egypt until 1915. One of his favorite Egyptian sites was Abu Simbel, where he painted this ancient fragment of figures and hieroglyphs carved in stone.
Caption
Henry Roderick Newman American, 1843–1917. Captives of Ramses II, 1907. Watercolor and graphite on paper, 20 × 40 1/16 in. (50.8 × 101.8 cm) frame: 20 × 40 1/16 × 2 1/4 in. (50.8 × 101.8 × 5.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Alfred T. White, 07.458. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 07.458_SL1.jpg)
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Not on view
Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Title
Captives of Ramses II
Date
1907
Medium
Watercolor and graphite on paper
Classification
Dimensions
20 × 40 1/16 in. (50.8 × 101.8 cm) frame: 20 × 40 1/16 × 2 1/4 in. (50.8 × 101.8 × 5.7 cm)
Signatures
Signed, dated, and inscribed lower left: "H R Newman / Abu Simbel / 1907"
Credit Line
Gift of Alfred T. White
Accession Number
07.458
Rights
No known copyright restrictions
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