Native quarters, Ismailia Accession Number: ART02683

Description

Depicts a town with flat roofed buildings, with a white road in the foreground, a palm tree to the right. Ismailia, a town established by the Suez Canal company in 1863, it is situated on the Suez Canal. It is approximately midway between Suez and Port Said and is the western end of the central route across Sinai. The town is planned in a French style with squares, gardens and tree-lined boulevards. The General Headquarters of the British force under Murray was situated at Ismailia until September 1916, when it was moved to Cairo.

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Accession Number
ART02683
Classification
Art
Object Type
Painting
Physical Description
Medium: oil on wood panel (cigar box lid)
Measurement
framed: 31.4 x 39.8 cm
unframed: 11.9 cm x 20.5 cm
Medium
oil on wood panel (cigar box lid)
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1918
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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