Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Tollygunge, Calcutta, undated
- Title:
- Tollygunge, Calcutta
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with goauche, and scratching out over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 3/8 x 10 3/8 inches (16.2 x 26.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in blue watercolor, in monogram, lower right: "[E?]"
Watermark: (fragment of an unidentified watermark)
Signed in pen and black ink, lower right in monogram: "EL"; not dated
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1977.14.4198
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- huts | landscape | palm trees | sky | village | water
- Associated Places:
- Kolkata | Republic of India | Tollygunge | West Bengal
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6292
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From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1986-10-02 - 1987-01-04) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
From Merchants to Emperors - British Artists in India 1757-1930 (The Morgan Library & Museum, 1986-05-01 - 1986-07-31) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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