Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Abu Simbel, 1:10 pm, 9 February 1867 (385)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 9 7/8 inches (8.7 x 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Abou Simbl 9 Feby. 1.10 PM 1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "(385)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "92 | up"; in graphite, center: "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:
B1997.7.210
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | sky | landscape | temples | monument | lake | sand
Associated Places:
Africa | Aswan High Dam | Nubia | Abu Simbel | Egypt | Lake Nasser | Nubia
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)

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:
The lure of the east : British Orientalist painting: wall labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. [85], V 2577 (YCBA) V 2577

The lure of the East, British orientalist painting, 1830-1925 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. 17, V 1879 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 96, no. 97, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5260