Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
El Areesh, 6:30 pm, 31 March 1867 (33)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/8 x 9 inches (7.9 x 22.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink over graphite, upper right: "green blue"; in pen and gray ink over graphite, center: "amber | amber"; in pen and gray ink over graphite, lower left: "El Areesh. | 6.30. PM. March 31. 1867 | 6.30"; in pen and gray ink over graphite, lower right: "(33)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "176 up | Top"; in graphite, upper right: "368"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.325
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | figures (representations) | evening | camel (mammal) | tents | sky | palm trees | smoke
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Sinai Peninsula | Arish, Wadi al
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. 106, no. 123, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5377