Watercolor with pen and gray and green chalk and gouache, over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/8 × 9 1/2 inches (9.2 × 24.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in black ink, lower left: "1.45 PM. Nagadeh. 17. Jany. 1867"; in black ink, lower right: "(190)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "48 up | middle"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.138
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | boats | landscape | sky | buildings | palm trees | river | marine art | river | birds
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nile | Naqâda
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. 86, no. 71, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)