An Algerian Lady Hawking
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| Artist | Horace Vernet |
| Year | 1839 |
| Type | Oil on canvas, genre painting |
| Dimensions | 60.5 cm × 49.4 cm (23.8 in × 19.4 in) |
| Location | Wallace Collection, London |
An Algerian Lady Hawking is an 1839 genre painting by the French artist Horace Vernet.[1] It was one of a number of paintings he produced inspired by his visits to North Africa during the French Conquest of Algeria. It depicts a wealthy lady on horseback hawking, a popular form of hunting, against the Sahara desert backdrop. Vernet was a prominent painter of the Romantic movement, who produced a number of popular Orientalist works.
An engraving based on the work was exhibited at the Salon of 1841. [2] The painting is now in the Wallace Collection in London, having been acquired by the Marquess of Hertford. [3]
