In 1910, Peterson's travels led her to Egypt and Algeria -- though traveling alone in North Africa was highly unusual for a Western woman at this time. The painting below, Boats on the Nile, Dawn, c. 1910, depicts two traditional Egyptian sailing boats known as feluccas, gliding along the Nile. Soon after her return to the States, a major show of 87 paintings of Venice, Spain, Algeria, and Egypt was held at the Art Institute of Chicago, in 1910. This was her first one-woman exhibition, that eventually led to a near sell-out exhibition in New York City. (http://thepaintedprism.blogspot.nl/2015/06/women-artists-jane-peterson.html)