Live Auction 6853Christie's Interiors
Francis Bedford (1816-1894)
Lot 390

Francis Bedford (1816-1894)

Cairo street scene; and At the market, Cairo

Closed2 October 2012

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GBP 875

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Francis Bedford (1816-1894)
Cairo street scene; and At the market, Cairo
signed 'F. Bedford' (lower left); indistinctly inscribed (lower left)
oil on panel
9½ x 7¼ in. (24.1 x 18.4 cm.)
a pair (2)

Specialist note

Francis Bedford was a British artist and photographer who accompanied Edward VII, then the Prince of Wales on a tour of the Middle East visiting Egypt, Jerusalem, Damascus, Beirut and Constantinople. The tour was organised by Edward's mother Queen Victoria, shortly after the death of his father, Prince Albert. Upon his return, Bedford produced an album of photographic plates to commemorate the trip.