Egyptian Landscape

C. Morgan McIlhenney, Egyptian Landscape, n.d., oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. William Henry Holmes, 1930.12.41
Copied C. Morgan McIlhenney, Egyptian Landscape, n.d., oil on canvas mounted on paperboard, 12 x 9 3⁄8 in. (30.5 x 23.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Dr. William Henry Holmes, 1930.12.41
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Artwork Details

Title
Egyptian Landscape
Artist
Date
n.d.
Location
Dimensions
12 x 9 3⁄8 in. (30.5 x 23.9 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Dr. William Henry Holmes
Mediums
Mediums Description
oil on canvas mounted on paperboard
Classifications
Subjects
  • Architecture Exterior — classical — temple
  • Landscape — Egypt
  • Landscape — tree — palm tree
Object Number
1930.12.41
Linked Open Data
https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1930.12.41

Artwork Description

This painting shows a monument on Philae Island in Egypt known as Trajan’s Kiosk, or Pharaoh’s Bed, which was built for the Roman emperor Trajan. During the nineteenth century, magazines such as Harper’s New Monthly often published engravings of foreign monuments and landscapes with articles on travel. Charles McIlhenney, like many other artists, may have painted ideal landscapes of distant countries based on these illustrations.