1874, Henriette Browne, A Poet: The Copts in Upper Egypt -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum label:
Salon 1874, no. 275
Henriette Browne was the pseudonym used by Sophie de Boutelier. The daughter of an aristocratic family, she chose to hide her identity while working as a professional artist, a career considered off-limits for women of her high social standing. As Browne, she began exhibiting in the1850s and enjoyed international success. Diplomatic connections allowed her to travel throughout the Middle East. This quiet scene of a poet and his companion lacks the visual excess and sense of exoticism often found in Western representations of foreign cultures.
1874, Henriette Browne, A Poet: The Copts in Upper Egypt -- National Gallery of Art (Washington) (special exhibition)
From the museum label:
Salon 1874, no. 275
Henriette Browne was the pseudonym used by Sophie de Boutelier. The daughter of an aristocratic family, she chose to hide her identity while working as a professional artist, a career considered off-limits for women of her high social standing. As Browne, she began exhibiting in the1850s and enjoyed international success. Diplomatic connections allowed her to travel throughout the Middle East. This quiet scene of a poet and his companion lacks the visual excess and sense of exoticism often found in Western representations of foreign cultures.