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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Sheikh El Wachshee, El Luxor, 1867
- Title:
- Sheikh El Wachshee, El Luxor
- Additional Title(s):
- Sheikh el Waset el Luxor
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 1/16 x 9 1/8 inches (15.4 x 23.2 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Sheikh El. Wachshee. El Luxor. 4.PM. Jany 21. 1867. (No. 203 was a commencement , of a boat - Condemned."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(204)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "52. 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:
- B1997.7.142
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- domes | figures (representations) | genre subject | landscape | palm trees | pottery | sky | structures (single built works)
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Luxor | Luxor | Thebes | Upper Egypt
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5166
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