Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 9 3/16 inches (14 x 23.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Kom el Amhr. 1.PM. Jany. 4. 1867."; in brown ink, lower right: "(68)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "13. up | Lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.87
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
boats | hill | river | water | palm trees | landscape | sky | structures (single built works) | river | temples | figures (representations)
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nile | Kom al Ahmar | Aswan | As Said
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)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 82, no. 61, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)