Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Sunset along the Nile, 1867
- Title:
- Sunset along the Nile
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 15/16 x 8 1/2 inches (7.5 x 21.6 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and ink, lower left: "sunset 5:27. PM 13 Jany. 1867 shadow of mountn. red gold dust. 1. green blu. 2. smooth yell blue gray 3. purpple dust (140)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: 32 up | next [?] lowest"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.123
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape | river | river | sunset | trees | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt | Nile
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5147
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