Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Near Dishna
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 1 5/16 x 7 1/2 inches (3.3 x 19.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, over graphite, lower left: "near Dishne. 5.5.PM - 27.Feby. 1867.; inscribed in pen and brown ink, over graphite, lower right: "(557)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper center: "294"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.257
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
riverbank | palm trees | landscape | sky | river
Associated Places:
Africa | Qena | Nile | Dishna | Upper Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5309