Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Boat on the Nile
Date:
1854
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and red ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (5.6 x 23 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and red ink, lower left: "15 January. 1854. 4 1/2.P.M. Sea, blue (red, sky above,) & etcr. ref from West. x faint, dusty lilac"; lower right: "75"; inscribed on verso: in pen and black ink, upper center: "16. uppermost"; in graphite, lower center: "68"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1999.31.3
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | water | river | river | riverbank | structure (single built work) | boat | sail | landscape | marine art
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45701