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
- Landscape — tree — palm tree
- Landscape — Egypt
- Architecture Exterior — classical — temple
- Object Number
- 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.
