Artist
William S. Perry
William S. Perry is an Impressionism artist. 26 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
A British watercolour artist active in the 1880s, William S. Perry painted scenes from Egypt’s military outposts in vivid, portable washes. His sheets include Outpost duty at El Gubat. Night. (1886) and Outpost duty at El Gubat, Morning (1886), quick studies of tents and desert light. For a taste of the same brushwork and setting, tap II Too Good To Last (1885).
Works by William S. Perry
- IV The Last of Him
- III Deserted
- Deserted. III
- Start I
The Start. I.
Trooper on A Camel
The last of the Camel Corps
Scene With Soldiers At Night
Bringing in a spy. Jan. 1885
II Too Good To Last
Too good to last. II.
Home, Down the Nile June 1885.
Execution at Abu Fatmeh. April 1885
19th Hussars - Vedette at Metemneh 1885
With the Desert Column, 1885 Supper time.
A mid-day Halt - Dec. 1884
A night march - Just off
Coming Down a Steep place
Outpost duty at El Gubat. Night.
Outpost duty at El Gubat, Morning
Charge of Household Cavalry at Kassassin - 1882
The Heavies Camp on fire at Hafir April 1885
"What's the tip?" Matemneh Jany- 20th- 1885
The Royal Horse Guards crossing the Nile at Handak
26 works in the catalog · 24 shown
Collections represented
Museum
The Victoria and Albert Museum in the United Kingdom is the world's largest museum of applied arts, decorative arts and design, housing a permanent collection of over 2.8 million objects.