Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/8 x 6 7/8 inches (6 x 17.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, center right: "[...]"; in pen and brown ink, lower left:"5.50. PM. Feby. 16 1867. near Tafa."; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "A | 505"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "137. up | Lowest"; in graphite, upper right: "271"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.244
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | palm trees | rocks (landforms) | landscape | river | river | cliffs | water
Associated Places:
Nile | Nubia | Africa | Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 102, no. 111, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)