Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain "Gate of The Sun" Toledo by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit 1872 Decorative Arts The properties and paraphanelia of

The properties and paraphanelia of this were purchased in 1874 by P

he turned an industrial hub into a timeless metaphor for man's impact on nature

The plate decorated with a large lobster to the center resting on a textured ground and flanked by two sets of mussel shells

the rear legs having a gentle outswept 'sabre' shaped leg

The table is decorated on all sides

Antique Oil on Canvas Orientalist Painting Moorish Spain "Gate of The Sun" Toledo by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit 1872 Decorative Arts The properties and paraphanelia ofSOLD A large & important Orientalist oil on canvas painting, Moorish Spain, by Pollok Sinclair Nesbit (1848 1922) ASRA, "The Gate of the Sun" Toledo, 1872. A member of The Royal Scottish Academy (see below the Royal Academy's entry from 1922) Pollok Sinclair Nesbit was a talented artist & painted frequently in Italy, Spain, & North Africa. He excelled at painting Orientalist subjects such as The Alhambra in Granada and Arab scenes in Morocco &