Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Karnak, 24 February 1867 (545)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 9 7/8 inches (6.3 x 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Karnak. | 24 Feby. 1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "545"; Verso: in graphite, center: "157.up | Top"; in graphite, center right: "284" encircled
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.254
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | sky | palm trees | landscape | ruins | temples | monument | desert | sand
Associated Places:
Upper Egypt | Karnak | Luxor | Thebes | Africa
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:
Jenny Gaschke, Edward Lear, Egyptian sketches , National Maritime Museum, London, 2009, p. 58, NJ18 L455 G37 2009 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 103, no. 114, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5306