Category Archives: Afghan War
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Orientalism Redux
This is Captain Colin Mackenzie painted by James Sant in 1842.The portrait is a major work in the Lure of the East Exhibition at the Tate Britain. The exhibition re-examines Orientalist painting, mostly concentrating on nineteenth century painters in the countries around the Mediterranean.But this portrait is of quite a different subject. Captain Colin Mackenzie […]
This entry was posted on July 5, 2008 and is filed under Afghan War, Lure of the East, Orientalism, Tate Britain.
