Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Korosko
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/8 x 10 3/4 inches (6 x 27.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Koroska. 12.30.PM. Feby.1.1867"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, "(312)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "80 up next above B"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.180
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
palm trees | landscape | river | water | islands | sky | river | mountains
Associated Places:
Nubia | Egypt | Nile | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5218