Title

'The Captured Spy', 1895, (c1930). Creator: Arthur Melville.

Caption

'The Captured Spy', 1895, (c1930). A man, naked but for a loincloth, prostrates himself before a vizier shaded by a parasol. Scene possibly inspired by the painter's own experiences during his travels in the Middle East where he was pursued on horseback by thieves, shot at, and thrown into prison as a spy by a Pasha in Kurdistan. Painting in the Glasgow Museums Service collection, Glasgow, Scotland. From "Modern Masterpieces of British Art". [The Amalgamated Press Ltd., London, c1930]

Date

1930

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F25_425

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

47,4Mb (2,8Mb) / 16,0in x 11,5in / 4791 x 3458 (300dpi)

Keywords

Exterior Outdoors Building People Male Man Men Architecture Arts Painting Politics Middle East Country Hot Book Guy British Color Captive Middle Eastern Political Captivity Prime Minister Location Century Britain Spy Spying Prisoner Thirties Literature Concept Captured Espionage Politician Prostrate Iraq Colour 19th Century 1930s Politicians 20th Century Nineteenth Century Statesman The Print Collector Kurdistan TGN Vizier Outside Courtyard Arthur Melville Melville Arthur Viziers Modern Masterpieces Of British Art Amalgamated Press Ltd Amalgamated Press Limited Amalgamated Press The Amalgamated Press