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Female Riding Camel
Female Riding Camel is a watercolor work on paper by the Impressionist artist Frederick Goodall. It dates from 1893 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. Camels were used for a variety of domestic purposes throughout Egypt.
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Overview
The camel may be the same subject as in *Evening Prayers in the Desert*, another 1893 watercolour signed with the artist’s monogram.
This watercolour by Frederick Goodall depicts a slender riding camel adorned with a saddle, a master's dagger, and a decorated woollen saddlebag, reflecting its role as a swifter mount rather than a load-bearing beast. The artist, known for his Orientalist works, sketched extensively in Egypt during multiple visits, including stays near Cairo and Saqqarah, to capture scenes of daily life. The camel may be the same subject as in *Evening Prayers in the Desert*, another 1893 watercolour signed with the artist’s monogram. The work was later sold as a pair in 1970 through Phillip Son & Neale.
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Frederick Goodall spent his life chasing the light he first saw in Egypt—his watercolors glow with the same dusty gold he found in Cairo’s streets.
