Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Sheikh Abadeh, 3:20 pm, 6 January 1867 (85)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/8 x 10 inches (6 x 25.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower left: "3.20 PM Jany 6. 1867. Sheikh Abadeh"; in brown ink, lower right: "(85)"; Verso: in graphite, center: "18 up | next below top"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.94
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
palm trees | landscape | river | buildings | boats | water | domes | bushes | river | minaret
Associated Places:
Sheikh-'Ibada | Egypt | Nile | Africa
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:
The lure of the east : British Orientalist painting: wall labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. [86], V 2577 (YCBA) V 2577

The lure of the East, British orientalist painting, 1830-1925 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. 17, V 1879 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 83, no. 64, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5117