Travellers' Journey.

North Africa - Justi, Ferdinand. (1837 - 1907).

Published by [no place], [c.1870]., 1870

About this Item

Original water colouring. Plate Size: 19 cm x 12.3 cm. Sheet Size: 26.8 cm x 21.7 cm. Original 19th century artwork. In near excellent condition. Signed by artist. Beautiful painting North African landscape, featuring a traveller leading his two camels along a widening path as mountains loom in the distance. Ferdinand Justi (2 June 1837 in Marburg, Germany - 17 February 1907 in Marburg) was a German linguist and Orientalist. He finished his studies of linguistics at the University of Marburg and the University of Göttingen. In 1861 he lived in Marburg, where in 1865 he became associate and in 1869 full professor of comparative linguistics and Germanic philology. In addition to his academic work, he studied with meticulous precision the life of the Hessian peasants in the last third of the 19th century, especially in the immediate and wider area of Marburg, on which he wrote his observations and described it in countless sketches and watercolors. One of his main themes included buildings, furniture, agricultural implements, and especially costumes, with all its subtleties and accessories. (Wikipedia).

Seller Inventory # 200078AG

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Travellers' Journey.
• Publisher: [no place], [c.1870].
• Publication Date: 1870
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Graphics and Art