Painting
- Title:
- Kom Ombo
- Object Name:
- Painting
- Object ID:
- 1922.010
- Creator:
- Tilton, John R. (1828-1888)
Artist - Place of Origin:
- Rome, Italy
- Date:
- 1881
- Description:
- Landscape Painting of Kom Ombo, by John R. Tilton (1828-1888), 1881. Oil on canvas. Kom Ombo, ruin on the Nile River. Pathway in foreground. Stone column ruins at center. River at right, two small boats in river. Hills and mountains in background. Blue sky with white clouds. Signed and dated lower left corner, "J.R. Tilton / Rome / 1881." Gilded gesso over wood frame, bands of beaded trim around interior and exterior.
- Material:
- Textile
Canvas - Dimensions:
- H-17.9 W-29.5 D-1 inches
- Provenance:
- Gift of Frank M. McCutcheon.
John R. Tilton (1828-1888) was born in Loudon, NH. - Credit Line:
- Gift of Frank M. McCutcheon, in memory of Moses Colby and Mary Stevens McCutcheon
- People:
- Tilton, John R., McCutcheon, Frank M.
- Subjects:
- Egypt, Kom Ombo, Nile River, Ruins, Romanticism
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