Tombs of the Sultans
£29,950
‘Tombs of the Sultans’ by Frank Dillon R.I. R.O.I. (1823-1909).
The painting – which depicts the ancient Egyptian “City of the Dead” outside the old walls of Cairo – is signed by the artist and was exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1873. It is presented in a fine 24 carat gold leaf Orientalist frame.
Frank Dillon studied at the Royal Academy Schools and as a private pupil of the eminent English vedute painter James Holland (1799-1870). In 1850 he made his debut at the Royal Academy, and subsequently became a regular exhibitor at all the major London and provincial venues. Frank Dillon was elected a full member of both the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colour and the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.
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Although he travelled extensively in the Iberian Peninsula, through Italy, the Middle East, and even Japan it was Frank Dillon’s striking pictures of the ancient monuments of Egypt that brought him his greatest success. Between 1854 and 1874 Dillon made four year-long sketching tours to North Africa where he became an early advocate for the preservation of the ancient monuments of Giza, Karnak, Thebes, and the island of Philae.
Between 1850 and 1893 Frank Dillon exhibited 47 paintings at the Royal Academy, 34 at the British Institution, and hundreds of others at the New Watercolour Society, the New Gallery, the Grosvenor Gallery, the Dudley Gallery, and the Royal Society of British Artists. Today, oil paintings by Frank Dillon can be found in the Musée d'Orsay in Paris, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the Guildhall Art Gallery, the Royal Collection, the British Government Art Collection, the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Centre for British Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Rhode Island School of Design Museum.
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Dimensions: (framed) 108cm x 175cm (42½” x 69”).
Dimensions: (canvas only) 85cm x 152cm (33½” x 60”).
Medium: Oil on canvas.
Provenance: 1873; Royal Academy Exhibition, London. Private collection.
Presentation: Bespoke 24 carat gold leaf Orientalist frame.
Condition: Very good. Professionally cleaned, restored, and re-varnished. Ready to hang.