Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Maharraka, 7:25 am, 14 February 1867 (463)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 × 6 7/8 inches (9.8 × 17.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink over graphite, lower left: "Maharraka. | 7.25 AM Feby. 14.1867"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(463)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "122.up"; in graphite, center: "next above lowest | Left"; upper right: "255"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.230
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | figures (representations) | desert | temple | landscape | architectural subject | sand | sky | ruins | monument | lake
Associated Places:
Nubia | Egypt | Africa | Lake Nasser
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13)

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. 100, no. 106, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5282