Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
El Ousta
Date:
1854
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and red ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/4 x 6 1/8 inches (9.5 x 15.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and red brown ink, over graphite, lower left: "El Ousta | Jany 11. 1854 | Hoopoes"; inscribed in graphite, lower right: "52"; Verso: inscribed in pen and brown ink, center: "10 Lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1999.31.5
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
birds | water | figures (representations) | landscape | structures (single built works) | genre subject | sky | palm trees | boats | sand
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45703