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A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai 1856

A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance, 1842. Frank is Frederick William Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh. He left Cairo for Damascus in May 1842 and spent five days at Mount Sinai. Castlereagh wears native dress and adopts a languid posture. In contrast, the local Sheikh Hussein of Gebel Tor (Mount Sinai) stands erect. Frank commissioned Lewis to draw a portrait of his party. John Frederick Lewis. (1804–1876) British.

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