Upper Egypt, a Recollection, 1872, Eugène Fromentin, French, 1820–1876, 13 1/8 x 16 1/8 in. ( x cm) (canvas)27 x 30 x 5 1/2 in. ( x x cm) (outer frame), Oil on canvas, France, 19th century, Upper Egypt, a Recollection was one of several Fromentin paintings acquired by James J. Hill in the 1880s. Its subject placidly commemorates the artist’s visit to Cairo in 1869 as part of the official French delegation to the opening of the Suez Canal

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