Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Near Sabooa
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper, mounted on thick, moderately textured, wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 7/8 x 10 5/8 inches (7.3 x 27 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "near Sabooa. Feby 1. 1867. 8-8.30.AM. A A Trees- like blue gray olives: a sort of [s?]on[t?]; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(307)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "186 | 197"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.179
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
riverbank | lake | hills | trees | landscape
Associated Places:
Lake Nasser | Africa | Egypt | Nubia
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5217