Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Abu Simbel, 9:00 am, 8 February 1867 (372A)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 × 7 1/2 inches (12.7 × 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Aboo Simbl. 9.AM. 8 Feby 1867."; in brown ink, lower right: "A. | (372)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.205
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | river | cliffs | lake | water | monument | rocks (landforms)
Associated Places:
Africa | Abu Simbel | Nile | Egypt | Nubia | Lake Nasser | As Said | Nubia
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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. 94, no. 92, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5255