Artwork
Landing Place. Philoe
Landing Place. Philoe is a watercolor work on paper by the Biedermeier artist Owen Jones. It dates from 1832 and is held in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
About this work
Overview
Landing Place, Philoe is a watercolour created by Owen Jones in 1832, depicting a serene riverside scene. The work is part of a series documenting Jones' travels along the Nile.
Subject & Meaning
The painting shows a small boat being pulled to shore, with a ruined building and palm trees in the background. The scene is rendered in soft colours, capturing the warmth of the sunlight.
History & Provenance
The watercolour corresponds to plate 21 in Jones' publication Views on the Nile, although the structure depicted is actually the Tomb of Sultan Tuman-bay I in al-Abbasiyyah, Cairo.
Context
The work is one of a series of eleven watercolours created by Jones during his travels. Other similar works by Jones are held in the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Museum.
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Artist & collection
Artist
English architect and designer Owen Jones spent the 1830s in Egypt and later sketched its temples in crisp watercolours.
Great Temple. Karnac. Thebes
Tombs near Cairo
Tomb near Cairo
Osler's Gallery, Oxford Street, London
Architectural drawing of an entrance pylon to an Egyptian temple
Temple of Luqsor B.C.1490 Lateral Column Temple of Karnak B.C.1490
Temple of Ramses the Great B.C.1420. Temple of Sedingar B.C.1490
Denderah. Interior of Great Temple
The Temple of Isis and Kiosk of Trajan on the Island of Philae
`Dabode Nubia '
A view of an Indian city beside a river
View on the Nile, opposite Aswan
Pyramids of Geezeh. Egypt
`Kusr-é-Syad. Opposite Choenoboscion. Upper Egypt'
Aswan; looking south up the Nile
`Dakheh Nubia'
A Kanja on the Nile at Luxor, with the Temple of Luxor behind