Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South'
Date:
undated
Materials & Techniques:
Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (9.7 x 14.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, lower left: "Ratnapoora Ceylon."; in black ink, lower right: "3"; inscribed on mount with pen in black ink, upper left: "65"; lower left: "I will see before I die | The Palms and Temples of the South. | ("You ask me why etc, etc)"; lower right: " Areka Palms. | Ratnapoora. | Ceylon"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "8626A | D&L"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2001.2.988
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | palm trees | landscape | sky | figures | grass | riverbank | river | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Sri Lanka | Ceylon
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)