The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo

Oil painting
Oil on canvas
59 cm × 49.5 cm (23 in × 19.5 in)

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The Unwelcome Companion: A Street Scene in Cairo is an early painting by John William WaterhouseEnglish artist known primarily for his depictions of women set in scenes from myth, legend or poetry. He is the best known of that group of artists who from the 1880s revived the literary themes favoured by the Pre-Raphaelites., predating his adoption of the Pre-Raphaelite BrotherhoodGroup of English artists formed in 1848 to counter what they saw as the corrupting influence of the late-Renaissance painter Raphael.‘s style and subject matter from the 1880s. Completed in about 1872, it was exhibited at the gallery of the Society of British Artists.[1][2][3]

The picture shows a young woman adorned in “vibrant, culturally detailed attire” standing in front of an architectural backdrop in Cairo.[4]

The painting was donated to the Towneley Hall Art Gallery and Museum in Burnley by Mrs P. Oldman in 1951.[5]

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