Artists have long been drawn to Oman’s picturesque settlements and dramatic landscapes. During the 1840s and 1850s, Charles Golding Constable, second son of the British painter John Constable, made a series of watercolour sketches of coastal Oman and other locations in the Gulf in his role as a maritime surveyor for the East India Company.
This large-format volume reproduces 29 of his watercolours, along with his acclaimed 1860 chart of the Gulf, and a full facsimile and transcript of the commonplace book that he kept on his voyages. This collection is on long-term loan from Sheikh Fahad bin Abdullah bin Ali al-Araimi at the National Museum – Sultanate of Oman.
Impressions of Oman & the Gulf is written by J.E. Peterson, a leading historian of the region, and his fascinating introduction provides a biographical portrait of Constable and the historical context of his artworks.
- ISBN10 1785514792
- ISBN13 9781785514791
- Publish Date 24 August 2023
- Publish Status Transferred
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Scala Arts & Heritage Publishers Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 208
- Language English
- URL https://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/isbn/9781785514791