From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt
Date:
1846
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (34.6 x 50.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower left: "<...> from Under the Portico of The Temple of Edfou Upper Egypt"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.4377
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | snake | men | hieroglyphics | temple
Associated Places:
Egypt | Africa | Edfu | As Said | Aswan | Temple of Edfu
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
David Roberts: Artist and Traveler (Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2022-06-04 - 2022-08-27)Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08)British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08)
Publications:
David Roberts : artist and traveler, Hallie Ford Museum of Art, Salem, OR, p. 54, fig. 31, NJ18.R5422 A12 2022+ (YCBA)David Roberts, artist adventurer 1796-1864, Scottish Arts Council, [Edinburgh], 1981, pp. 25 & 27, cat. no. 16, NJ18 R5422 G85 (YCBA)John Ruskin, The works of John Ruskin, , George Allen, London, 1903-1912, p.404, PR5251 C66 1903 (YCBA)The lure of the east : British Orientalist painting: wall labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. [80], V 2577 (YCBA) V 2577The lure of the East, British orientalist painting, 1830-1925 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. 17, V 1879 (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, British watercolors : drawings of the 18th and 19th centuries from the Yale Center for British Art, , Hudson Hill Press, New York, 1985, no. 62, pl. 62, ND1928 W533 1985 (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 176-177, no. 195, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)