Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Between Thebes and Erment
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (6.7 x 19.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Jany 23. 11.AM. 1867. between thebes a Erment."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(216)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "54. up | Next above lowest"; inscribed in graphite, upper right: "156"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.147
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | boat | riverbank | river | water | marine art | sky | river | sail
Associated Places:
Africa | Thebes | Nile | Upper Egypt | Armant
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5179