Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Deir El Adra
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 x 9 7/8 inches (8.6 x 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, over graphite, lower left: "Deir El Adra. 5.30.PM. 5.March.1867; in brown ink, lower right: "goldy white at sunset (601)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "319 | 161 up | next below"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.285
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
boats | landscape | river | buildings | bird | cliffs | sky | water | river
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5337