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Muttar il Hamoud min Beni Hassan
Presented by T.E. Lawrence 1922
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11 October 2005 – 17 April 2006
2006-04-17
11 October 2005 – 17 April 2006
2006-04-17
2005-10-11
Imperial War Museum (London, UK)
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2005-10-11
Lawrence of Arabia: The Life, The Legend
Loan-out
Muttar il Hamoud min Beni Hassan
support: 770 × 566 mm
frame: 1010 × 810 × 60 mm
Presented by T.E. Lawrence 1922
<p><b>N03637</b> MUTTAR IL HAMOUD MIN BENI HASSAN 1920
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<br/>Inscr. “Muttar il Hamoud min Beni Hassan (Ibn Gallat Section) 14’ t.r.
<br/>Pastel on brown paper, 30 1/4×22 (77×56).
<br/>Presented by T. E. Lawrence 1922.
<br/><i>Coll:</i> Given by the artist to T. E. Lawrence.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> Leicester Galleries, October 1921 (2); (?) <i>Paintings, Pastels, Drawings and Woodcuts illustrating Col. T. E. Lawrence's book ‘Seven Pillars of Wisdom’</i>, Leicester Galleries, February 1927 (32).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> E. H. Kennington, <i>Drawing the R.A.F.</i>, 1942, p.15.
<br/><i>Repr:</i> T. E. Lawrence, <i>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i>, 1926 (in colour), following text as ‘Matar’; Sir John Rothenstein, <i>British Art since 1900</i>, 1962, pl.43.</p>
<p>The artist wrote (9 April 1958) that the sitter was an Agoyle of Lawrence's chosen bodyguard, drawn in a war camp in western Arabia 1920. Sir Ronald Storrs in his Foreword to <i><a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/d/drawing" title="Glossary definition for 'Drawing'"><span>Drawing</span></a> the R.A.F.</i> describes how the artist first met Lawrence and undertook to go to Arabia and draw the <a class="glossarylinktopopup" data-gtm-destination="article-page" data-gtm-name="body_text_link" href="http://www.tate.org.uk/learn/online-resources/glossary/p/portrait" title="Glossary definition for 'Portrait'"><span>portraits</span></a> for <i>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i>. He was forbidden to read the book before making the portraits and when he brought these back to London Lawrence was delighted and wrote: ‘I first saw one and then another of the men whom I had known and at once I learned to know them better. This may point indirectly to the power of the drawings and it points without contest to their literary completeness. There is quite admirable character here.’ Kennington undertook to supervise the reproductions for <i>Seven Pillars of Wisdom</i> and in fact spent about two years as artistic editor of the book. He also drew a head of Muttar il Hamoud, which may have been the work exhibited at the Leicester Galleries in 1927.</p>
<p><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, I
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actions: postures and motions adults Arab Revolt, 1916-18 bodyguard clothing and personal items countries and continents domestic dress: nations/regions ethnicity history individuals: male interiors lifestyle and culture man Middle East Middle Eastern military military: World War I Muttar il Hamoud min Beni Hassan named individuals nomad / traveller objects people places portraits robe Saudi Arabia sitting society tent work and occupations