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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Karnak, 24 February 1867 (545), 1867
- 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 | desert | landscape | monument | palm trees | ruins | sand | sky | temples
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Karnak | Luxor | Thebes | Upper Egypt
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5306
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Jenny Gaschke, Edward Lear, Egyptian sketches , National Maritime Museum, London, 2009, p. 58, NJ18 L455 G37 2009 (YCBA) [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) [YCBA]
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