Henry Pilleau
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Henry Pilleau (1813-1899) was educated at Westminster and joined the 16th Lancers, before transferring to the Army Medical Corps. He rose to the rank of Colonel and became Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals in India, before devoting himself to painting.
He travelled extensively in the British Isles and internationally, for example visiting Egypt in 1845 and 1868 – 69.
Pilleau’s ‘Sketches of Egypt’, comprised of text and colourful plates of famous views and sites was published in 1845 by Dickinson, which was dedicated to George Everest (1790-1866), Surveyor-General of India between 1830 - 1843, after whom Mount Everest was named.
A watercolour of the Dead Sea by Pilleau was presented to Queen Victoria in 1887 by the Royal Society of Water-Colour Painters as a gift to mark Her Majesty’s Golden Jubilee.
Pilleau’s work can be seen in several national collections, including the British Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
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British Museum
Victoria & Albert Museum
