Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876, British
Title:
The Ramesseum at Thebes
Date:
between 1841 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1935
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
temple | desert | architectural subject | genre subject | camel (mammal) | tent | hieroglyphics | men | ruins | cage | donkey
Associated Places:
Egypt | Africa | Qina | Ramesseum | Thebes
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28)

Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Tate Britain, 2008-06-04 - 2008-08-31)

Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11)

Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Sharjah Art Museum, 2009-02-18 - 2009-04-30)

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Painting in England 1700-1850 : collection of Mr. & Mrs. Paul Mellon : Exhibition at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, , 1,2, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA, 1963, v.1: p. 207, no. 442, ND466 V57 v.1-2 (YCBA)

The lure of the east : British Orientalist painting: wall labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. [91], V 2577 (YCBA) V 2577

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 34, 164, no. 185, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:10743