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Tailor’s Shop, Cairo — John Singer Sargent, c. 1891

“Tailor’s Shop, Cairo” was drawn by John Singer Sargent in c. 1891 at Cairo, Egypt. It is a watercolour work shown on SketchMap Atlas at the place where it was made.

Tailor’s Shop, Cairo by John Singer Sargent, c. 1891, drawn at Cairo, Egypt
Tailor’s Shop, Cairo · c. 1891 · 📍 Cairo, Egypt

Rows of robes in the half-dark of a shop: a quick watercolour from Sargent’s Egyptian trip.

ArtistJohn Singer Sargent
Yearc. 1891
PlaceCairo, Egypt
Techniquewatercolour
LicencePublic domain
SourceWikimedia Commons
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John Singer Sargent drew “Tailor’s Shop, Cairo” at Cairo, Egypt.

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“Tailor’s Shop, Cairo” by John Singer Sargent dates from c. 1891.

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