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"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"
"The Dead Camel"

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Description
On the long desert route, camels were used to supply water to the staging posts and stations, providing a livelihood for the camel-driver. The death of a camel was a terrible loss in these harsh subsistence conditions.
Additional information
Date c.1850
Medium Watercolour on paper heightened with white bodycolour
P&O Reference AC-02317-00

"The Dead Camel"

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