- Title:
- Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink over graphite, lower left: "Aboo Simble | 11-11.30 AM. | 8.Feby. 1867; in gray ink, lower right: "(374)"; in graphite, verso, center; "21.Longwise | above"
Watermark: J Whatman/ Turkey Mill
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1975.4.1559
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cliffs | figures (representations) | lake | landscape | monument | river | river | rocks (landforms) | sand | sculpture | shore (landform) | sky
- Associated Places:
- Abu Sunbul | Africa | As Said | Aswan | Egypt | Lake Nasser | Nile | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6138
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