"Mahmoudie Canal"

In: Overland Route; Part of our Paintings gallery

Date:
c.1850

Medium:
Watercolour on paper heightened with white bodycolour

Description:
The Mahmoudie Canal took its name from the Viceroy of Egypt, Sultan Mahmoud Ali, during whose reign it was re-opened. Over 250,000 labourers were involved in clearing the canal, which connected Alexandria to the Nile. (Taken from an album of thirty-one watercolours, recording the Diorama of the Overland Mail Route from Southampton to Calcutta, and presented to Brodie McGhie Willcox, one of the founding fathers of P&O.)