- Creator:
- Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
- Title:
- Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South'
- Date:
- undated
- Materials & Techniques:
- Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (9.7 x 14.8 cm)
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.988