Study of Camels
1848
- Medium
- graphite with blue, red and yellow colored pencil and scraping on wove paper
- Dimensions
- Sheet: 28 x 23.4 cm (11 x 9 3/16 in.)
- Genre
- Drawing
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
France, 19th century
About
This sheet by an unknown artist was probably created during travels throughout North Africa, possibly Algeria. The country was captured by France in 1830 and annexed as part of its territories in 1848, the year this sheet was made. Numerous artists found inspiration in the culture, recording it for a French audience to whom it was unfamiliar.