Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Boats on the Nile
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 4 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches (10.3 x 15.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(97)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "20. up. | Top"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.161
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
figures (representations) | studies (visual works) | boats | sails | marine art | genre subject
Associated Places:
Africa | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5194