Watercolour over pencil. 15 ins x 10 ins Framed (23 ins x 18ins) circa 1858.

Goodall travelled to Egypt in 1858-9, staying for 8 months in Cairo. He returned in 1870 with his brother Edward Angelo, also a painter. He sketched the countryside and its people, from which the finished oils proved very successful sellers back in the UK. He also painted full-length portraits of sitters in oriental dress, gentlemen and ladies. This watercolour would have been a study for a full-length portrait in oils.