Poor-bred Arabs, Cairo streets Accession Number: ART02727

Description

Depicts a sketch of three horses, with the left horse wearing a bridle and horse collar, the second horse with horse collar, bridle and blinkers, yolked to the third horse, of which only head is drawn.

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Accession Number
ART02727
Classification
Art
Object Type
Work on paper
Physical Description
Medium: pencil on cartridge paper
Measurement
sheet: 18.2 x 30.4 cm
Medium
pencil on cartridge paper
Date Made
1918
Place Made
Whole/Part
Whole
Item Count
1
Credit Line
acquired under official war art scheme 1920
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain

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