Two articles published for a Magazine on the Marsh Arabs by Edward Bawden predate Thesiger's expedition by about ten years or so. This question popped into my head at the Ravillious & Co exhibition at the Towner yesterday. Is the connection a casual, idle one, or does it have legs? Would be interesting to pursue an artist and a traveller for an Art & Travel module in a current Art History MA programme if the connection is deeper than my idle speculation. All/any help would be gratefully received.
unfortunately I cannot recall the source but I seem to recall that Bawdwen was active as a war artist in Sudan and Ethiopia in 1940-1941. I believe Thesiger was still active in the region at this period, indeed both were in Ethiopia in May 1941, so perhaps there is a connection worth pursuing there to see if their movements can be synchronised.
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