Artist
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell is an artist. 1 work is cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.
Gertrude Bell was a British traveler who took photographs in the Middle East in the early 1900s. This photo shows a ruined temple in Iraq with a Turkish soldier standing in the Great Iwan. The image captures the grand scale of the ancient site and the quiet presence of a modern figure. Want to see more sites from her travels? Tap to view the photograph of the Lion of al-Lat statue, also in Hatra.
Works by Gertrude Margaret Lowthian Bell
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.