Skip to main content

On the Nile, 1868 by Sir Frederic Leighton

Image attached to PD.5-1979

An image of On the Nile, 1868. Leighton, Frederic, Baron (British, 1830-1896). Oil on canvas, height 26.9 cm, width 41.5 cm, 1868. Acquisition Credit: Bought from the Fairhaven Fund, 1979.

Terms of use

These images are provided for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons License (BY-NC-ND). To license a high resolution version, please contact our image library who will discuss fees, terms and waivers.

Download this image

Creative commons explained - what it means, how you can use our's and other people's content.

About this image

On the Nile, 1868. Leighton, Frederic, Baron (British, 1830-1896). Oil on canvas, height 26.9 cm, width 41.5 cm, 1868. Acquisition Credit: Bought from the Fairhaven Fund, 1979.

Image data

  • Accession Number: PD.5-1979
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: GFX 50S
  • Photographer name: Andrew Norman
  • Image height: 640 pixels
  • Image width: 1023 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 117.54kB
  • Exposure time: 1/125
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2018:10:24 03:05:45

Key words

19th Century African British School Egypt Egyptian exterior Fitz_PDP Frederic Leighton landscape Leighton Nile North African oil on canvas painting river river scene riverside Sir Frederic Leighton The Nile

Colours in this image

rgb(63,39,19), rgb(120,80,41), rgb(183,165,152), rgb(89,49,25), rgb(200,144,90), rgb(173,122,71), rgb(168,137,100), rgb(152,117,73), rgb(180,156,114), rgb(156,132,124), rgb(124,132,124)

Citation for print

This page can be cited in the Harvard Bibliographic style using the text below:

The Fitzwilliam Museum (2024) "On the Nile, 1868 by Sir Frederic Leighton" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-3829602454 Accessed: 2024-12-22 23:06:42

Citation for Wikipedia

To cite this page on Wikipedia you can use this code snippet:

{{cite web|url=https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/image/media-3829602454 |title=On the Nile, 1868 by Sir Frederic Leighton |author=The Fitzwilliam Museum|accessdate=2024-12-22 23:06:42|publisher=The University of Cambridge}}

API call for this record

To call these data via our API (remember this needs to be authenticated) you can use this code snippet:

https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/api/v1/images/media-213549

Bootstrap HTML code for reuse

To use this as a simple code embed, copy this string:

<div class="text-center">
    <figure class="figure">
        <img src="https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/imagestore/pdp/pdp81/large_PD_5_1979_201810_adn21_dc2.jpg"
        alt="On the Nile, 1868"
        class="img-fluid" />
        <figcaption class="figure-caption text-info">On the Nile, 1868 by Sir Frederic Leighton</figcaption>
    </figure>
</div>
    

Sign up for updates

Updates about future exhibitions and displays, family activities, virtual events & news. You'll be the first to know...