"Alexandria"

In: Overland Route; Part of our Paintings gallery

Date:
c.1850

Medium:
Watercolour on paper heightened with white bodycolour

Description:
The once great and ancient port of Alexandria had "degenerated into a small fishing village" before the re-opening of the Mahmoudie Canal and the arrival of P&O's steamers revived the city's fortunes. (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.)