Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Dendera
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 5/8 x 6 5/16 inches (6.7 x 16 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Dendera. 15. Jany. 1867; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(11) (163)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "37.up."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, left center: "next above"; inscribed in graphite, center: "Lowest"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Right"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.133
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | sky | ruins | figures (representations) | landscape | temples | sand
Associated Places:
Nile | Africa | Upper Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5157