FIGURES AND DONKEY, CAIRO, c.1880s

Signature: signed and inscribed [Cairo] lower left Medium: oil on canvas Size: 12 x 15in. (30.48 x 38.10cm) Framed Size: 20 x 23in. (50.8 x 58.42cm) Condition: Some surface dirt visible lower right. Otherwise very good condition. Aloysius O'Kelly travelled to Cairo in 1883, fleeing the fallout of his political activism with the Irish Land League. He remained in Egypt until around 1886, a period that redefined his career. Rather than painting romanticized Western fantasies, O'...

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