A Sheikh and his Son Entering Cairo on their Return from a Pilgrimage to Mecca
by Robert Dowling
Title
A Sheikh and his Son Entering Cairo on their Return from a Pilgrimage to Mecca
Artist
Robert Dowling
Medium
Painting - Oil Painting
Description
Robert Dowling - A Sheikh and his Son Entering Cairo on their Return from a Pilgrimage to Mecca - 1874
Robert Dowling was an Australian colonial artist.
Dowling was born in England the youngest son of Rev. Henry Dowling and his wife Elizabeth. He was brought to Launceston, Tasmania with his parents in 1839 in the Janet. He received lessons from Thomas Bock and Frederick Strange, and in 1850 advertised as a portrait painter. In 1856 Dowling left for London partly with the help of friends in Launceston. He exhibited 16 pictures at the Royal Academy between 1859 and 1882 and others at the British Institute. Returning to Launceston he afterwards came to Melbourne and painted portraits of Sir Henry Loch, Dr James Moorhouse, Francis Ormond, and others. He went to London again in 1886 but died shortly after his arrival.
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