NARCISSE BERCHÈRE (1819-1891) Drinking trough at Caïd Bey, Valley of the Caliphs, Egypt Graphite, coloured pencil and gouache on tracing paper Annotated 'Abreuvoir à Caïd Bey/Vallée des Califes' lower left Unsigned (Creases, small tears and foxing) Graphite, colour pencil and gouache on tracing paper, inscribed 'Abreuvoir à Caïd Bey/Vallée des Califes' lower left, unsigned 20,5 x 25 cm - 8 1/8 x 9 7/8 in. Provenance - Sale, 'Twentieth century European paintings, drawings, watercolours and sculpture and nineteenth century European drawings and watercolours', Sotheby's-Parke Bernet, London, 30 September 1981, lot 248 - Sale, Title unknown, Chorley's, Cheltenham, 29 March 2017, lot 802 (titled 'Ruined Fort') - Private collection, France (by descent)