John Frederick Lewis

British · 1805–1876 · Painter, Printmaker

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English Orientalist painter (1805–1876)

Born 1805, LondonDied 1876, Walton-on-ThamesOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q1391078 ↗ULAN 500007820 ↗Museum works 18

Orientalism

Also known as J. F. Lewis, John F. Lewis, John Frederick Lewis (1805-1876), John Lewis, Spanish Lewis

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

John Frederick Lewis, Two Camels — **Two Camels**ca. 1843 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over black chalk on brownish paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1961 — Open Access (CC0)

John Frederick Lewis, Study for "The Pipe Bearer" — **Study for "The Pipe Bearer"**1841–51 · Watercolor, gouache (bodycolor) and black chalk on gray paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Kenneth Jay Lane, 2014 — Open Access …

John Frederick Lewis, Arab School — **Arab School**1841–51 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over black chalk on brownish paper
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Anonymous Gift, 1961 — Open Access (CC0)

John Frederick Lewis, Iskander Bey and His Servant — **Iskander Bey and His Servant**ca. 1848 · Watercolor and gouache (bodycolor) over graphite
The Metropolitan Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Mrs. Charles Wrightsman, 2019 — Op…

John Frederick Lewis, In the Bey's Garden — **In the Bey's Garden**1865
Harris Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Harris Museum

John Frederick Lewis, Street Scene near the El Ghouri Mosque in Cairo — **Street Scene near the El Ghouri Mosque in Cairo**1876
Department of Paintings of the Louvre ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Department of Paintings of the Louvre

John Frederick Lewis, Captive Dove, Kaïro — **Captive Dove, Kaïro**1864
Fitzwilliam Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Fitzwilliam Museum

John Frederick Lewis, Courtyard of the Painter's House, Cairo — **Courtyard of the Painter's House, Cairo**1851
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust

John Frederick Lewis, Lilium Auratum — **Lilium Auratum**1871
Birmingham Museums Trust ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Birmingham Museums Trust

John Frederick Lewis, The Coffee Bearer — **The Coffee Bearer**1857
Manchester Art Gallery ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Manchester Art Gallery

John Frederick Lewis, “And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick” — **“And the Prayer of Faith Shall Save the Sick”**1872
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

John Frederick Lewis, ?A Sketch for `Foresters Stalking Deer' — **?A Sketch for `Foresters Stalking Deer'**1824
Yale Center for British Art ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Yale Center for British Art

John Frederick Lewis, Head of a Spanish Monk — **Head of a Spanish Monk**1832/1834 · watercolor and chalk over graphite, heightened with gouache, on buff wove paper, laid down
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund — Ope…

John Frederick Lewis, A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople — **A Fakeer at the Door of a Mosque, Constantinople**1863 · watercolor, gouache, gum arabic, and graphite on wove paper
National Gallery of Art, Washington ↗
CC0 · National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Helena E. M. Gunnarsson Fund — Open …

John Frederick Lewis, Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero — **Spanish Peasants Dancing the Bolero**1836 · Lithograph in colors with additional hand- coloring on ivory wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, Dorothy Braude Edinburg Collection in honor of Harr…

John Frederick Lewis, Sketch of Seated Woman in Peasant Costume — **Sketch of Seated Woman in Peasant Costume**n.d. · Watercolor over graphite, on ivory wove paper, tipped onto gray wove paper
Art Institute of Chicago ↗
CC0 · Art Institute of Chicago, The Leonora Hall Gurley Memorial Collection — publi…

John Frederick Lewis, Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha — **Study for Mehmet Ali Pasha**c. 1844 · watercolor, gouache, black chalk, and graphite
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund — Open Access (…

John Frederick Lewis, The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon — **The Temple of Edfu: The Door of the Pylon**1850 · Watercolor (wash and point of brush work) and gouache and graphite
Cleveland Museum of Art ↗
CC0 · Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund — Open Access (CC0)

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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Works in museum collections

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