Gabriele Carelli, Lake Timsah, Egypt, Late 19th Century, Watercolour

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An original late 19th-century watercolour painting, Gabriele Carelli, Lake Timsah, Egypt.A fine miniature watercolour by Gabriele Carelli (1820/21–1900) showing a … Read more An original late 19th-century watercolour painting, Gabriele Carelli, Lake Timsah, Egypt.A fine miniature watercolour by Gabriele Carelli (1820/21–1900) showing a view across Lake Timsah in Egypt.Gabriele Carelli is the best-known member of a dynasty of Italian landscape painters. Born in Naples, he travelled extensively across Britain and Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Working for a time in England, his watercolours were purchased by Queen Victoria.Lake Timsah, also known as Crocodile Lake, is the result of a natural depression in the landscape in the Bitter Lakes region of the Nile delta, midway between Port Said and Suez. In the 19th century this location became of key strategic significance, when in 1869 digging for the Suez Canal caused the lake to fill with waters from the Red Sea. The lake became part of the Suez Canal, and the Red Sea and the Mediterranean were linked for the first time—creating 'the artery of prosperity for Egypt and the world'.Please note the small size of this artwork.All artworks come with a Certificate of Authenticity and—if it is a collection artwork—its accompanying collection text or artist biography. Signed: Signed lower right. Inscribed: Inscribed lower left. Height: 6.2cm (2.4″) Width: 11.9cm (4.7″) Condition: Minor age toning within historical mount window area. Tiny pinhole to the upper right corner. Please see photos for detail. Presented: Unframed. See less