The Arab Scribe, Cairo by John Frederick Lewis. Signed and dated 1852. Watercolour and white, 18 1/4 x 24 inches. Provenance: John Harris; George Fenton Smith; Joseph Rushton; William Cooke; The Christie Estate Trust, Devon.
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Travellers beyond the Grand Tour. London: The Fine Art Society, 1980. No. 22.
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