Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Karnak, 9:30 am, 24 February 1867 (546)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches (17 x 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Karnak. 9.30 AM. 24. Feby 1867."(repeated in graphite, lower right); in brown ink, lower right: "(546)" (repeated in graphite above); Verso: in graphite, center: "151 | up | next below Top"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.255
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | sand | desert | architectural subject | studies (visual works) | sky | palm trees | monument | temples | ruins
Associated Places:
Africa | Upper Egypt | Thebes | Karnak | Luxor
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
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. 103, no. 115, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5307