Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Dendera, 9:00 am, 15 January 1867 (156)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (8.6 x 26.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Dendera. | 9. AM. 15. Jany 1867"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(156)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "36 up"; center: "next above lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.127
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
desert | sand | landscape | architectural subject | ruins | river | temple | sky
Associated Places:
Africa | Upper Egypt | Nile | Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13)

Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

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. 85, no. 67, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5151