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English Orientalist painter & illustrator ()

Augustus Osborne Lamplough ( in Manchester – 16 November , in Bromborough) was an English Orientalist painter and illustrator; known for his scenes of North Africa.

Most of his works are watercolours.

Biography

He studied at the Chester School of Art. After , he served as a lecturer at the Leeds School of Art. During this time, he travelled to Morocco, Algeria, Egypt, and other parts of North Africa.

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He exhibited throughout the United Kingdom, and the United States; notably in New York, Philadelphia and Buffalo, at the Pan-American Exposition. Most of his early works are interiors and scenes of Venice. After , he devoted himself exclusively to Orientalist scenes in subdued tones; mostly watercolors.

It was said that he painted everything as it would be seen within an hour of sunset.

Publications

• Augustus Lamplough and R. Francis, "Cairo and its Environs", London, Sir Joseph Causton