A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . 161 28. ,2S Leyden.] CATALOGUE OF PICTURES 115 LEWIS. John Frederick Lewis, British School, 1805—1876. Son of the engraver Frederick Christian Lewis, born in London in 1805. His fatherwas his first instructor. First exhibited in the Academy in 1821; in 1827 became Associateof the old Water Colour Society. In 1832—4 he was in Spain and in 1843—51 in Egyptand the East. These visits furnished him with most of his subjects, which were scenes ofSpanish and Oriental life
A descriptive catalogue of the pictures in the Fitzwilliam museum, comp largely from materials supplied by Sidney Colvin .. . 161 28. ,2S Leyden.] CATALOGUE OF PICTURES 115 LEWIS. John Frederick Lewis, British School, 1805—1876. Son of the engraver Frederick Christian Lewis, born in London in 1805. His fatherwas his first instructor. First exhibited in the Academy in 1821; in 1827 became Associateof the old Water Colour Society. In 1832—4 he was in Spain and in 1843—51 in Egyptand the East. These visits furnished him with most of his subjects, which were scenes ofSpanish and Oriental life. In 1855 became President of the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, in 1859 and in 1865 Died in 1876. He painted both in oil andwater-colour; but most of his oil-paintings belong to his later life. IV. 468. A Sheikh. Three-quarter length, turned to r., facethree-quarters full, the eyes looking to 1. ; he holds a gun horizontally-over r. shoulder by the muzzle. Wears a red and yellow belt witha knife in it, a dark turban, a red and yellow head-cloth, a stripedundergarment and white cloak. Background sand, l
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