Robert Talbot Kelly – Egypt Painted and Described with 75 colour paintings – 1912

'Robert George Talbot Kelly (1861–1934) was an English orientalist landscape and genre painter, author and illustrator. He travelled to Egypt several times. Inspired by the places he saw he decided to settle in Egypt in 1883, acquiring a studio in Cairo and becoming fluent in Arabic. He travelled throughout the country, writing about and painting the people and scenes he encountered both in towns and in the desert. He spent a considerable time with the Bedouin tribes who he described and illustrated in his book, Egypt Painted and Described'Egypt Painted and Described; with 75 colour plates -by Robert Talbot Kelly - xv, 246 pp. + 75 supermooie schilderingen in kleur - Uitgever: Adam & Charles Black, herziene uitgave van 1912 - oorspronkelijke gedecoreerde band 23 x 16 cm.Conditie: Goed+; bovenzijde rug minimaal gerafeld, band licht verschoten. Binnenwerk goed, mooi schoon. Mooi exemplaar.De schilderijen zijn adembenemend mooi, de druk is helder van kleur. Sfeervol, met veel fijne details.Inhoud:Introductory, Preface to the fifth edition and note to the first edition.XIV (14) Chapters: Introductory, Cairo, Streets and bazars, Mosques and public buildings, Environments of Cairo, The Nile, The first Cataract, The Lower Nile, Canal life in the Delta, Riding through the land of... lees verder bij Catawiki