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The Arab

Hugh Newell, Christian Adolf Schreyer

The Arab

1854-1864

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Hugh Newell, Christian Adolf Schreyer

The Arab

1854-1864

Physical Qualities Oil on canvas, Framed: 33 1/2 × 19 3/4 × 2 in. (85.1 × 50.2 × 5.1 cm.) Unframed: 19 1/4 × 15 1/2 in. (48.9 × 39.4 cm.)
Credit Line W. Clagett Emory Bequest Fund, in Memory of his Parents, William H. Emory of A and Martha B. Emory
Object Number 1998.62
Painting of a North African male carrying a long rifle and riding a white horse. The horse is climbing a steep, rocky slope diagonally from lower right to upper left.

Publication References

BMA Today, 'In the Spotlight: Hugh Newell's The Arab' Nov./Dec. 2000, pp. 20-21.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1998; from Charles Speelman; acquired at Toledo, Ohio flea market, c. 1984

Inscribed: Recto: LL, 'Hugh Newell after Schreyer' (beneath frame); Verso: Center, 'The Arab / by Hugh Newell / after Shriyer [sic]'

Artist

Hugh Newell

American, born Ireland, 1830-1915
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Artist

Christian Adolf Schreyer

German, 1828 - 1899
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