Study of Camels
Unknown Artist
1848
Medium
graphite with blue, red and yellow colored pencil and scraping on wove paper
Dimensions
{"sheet":{"height":0.28,"width":0.234}}
Classification
Drawing
Department
Drawings
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of Muriel Butkin
Accession Number
2019.248
About this artwork
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.