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Leighton was a keen traveller and during his trips he would make small landscape studies of the places he visited. Which city is shown in <image 1>? (A) Damascus (B) Cairo (C) Granada (D) Algiers Answer with the option's letter from the given choices directly. No punctuation. | A Difficulty: Easy Subfield: Drawing and Painting Explanation: This colour sketch is of a minaret that Leighton saw in Damascus when visiting in 1873. It was during this trip that he purchased a number of the tiles that he would later display in the Arab Hall. He was taken by the charm of some of the old buildings in the city, and was able to capture the particular effects of light and nuances of local colour. Image: Damascus (Moonlight), c1873, Frederic Leighton (1830-96). Credit: Leighton House |