Credit Line: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection / Associated Places: Egypt

1. Philae, Egypt

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 13/16 x 21 inches (27.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

2. The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 14 1/2 x 21 1/2 inches (36.8 x 54.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

3. Pylons at Karnak, the Theban Mountains in the Distance

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1873 or 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on paper on board
Dimensions:: 5 11/16 x 14 3/16 inches (14.4 x 36 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

4. Mameluke purchasing an Arabian stallion

Creator:: George Henry Laporte, 1799–1873
Date:: ca. 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 17 1/8 x 21 1/8 inches (43.5 x 53.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

5. A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception)

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1873
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 25 × 30 inches (63.5 × 76.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

6. On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1876
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on panel
Dimensions:: 24 1/2 x 29 1/4 inches (62.2 x 74.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

7. On the Nile

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches (36.2 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink; first published state on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 × 11 1/8 inches (20.3 × 28.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

9. Tenth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 3/4 inches (27.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: ca. 1880
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, with pen and gray ink, brown ink, and graphite, with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 3/4 × 20 5/8 inches (32.4 × 52.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink, pen and black ink and graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

12. Oasis Village

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 17 inches (24.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 7/8 x 13 3/4 inches (12.4 x 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Karnak

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: between 1838 and 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/16 inches (27.6 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. The Market Place, Tanta, Egypt

Creator:: William Paton Burton, 1828–1883
Date:: 1874
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 7/16 × 20 1/2 inches (36.7 × 52.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Man in Egyptian Dress

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk, red chalk, and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 17 x 11 1/2 inches (43.2 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1841 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 7/8 x 19 7/8 inches (32.7 x 50.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. The Ramesseum at Thebes

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1841 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (66.7 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. The Red Sea, at Suez

Creator:: Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and engraving; first published state
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Miniyeh, (El Minya)

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 1/16 x 16 1/2 inches (25.6 x 41.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. The Blessing of the Suez Canal, November 16, 1869

Creator:: William Simpson, 1823–1899
Date:: after 1869
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and brown wash on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream Asian paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 17 1/4 inches (27.6 x 43.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. The Nile

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. View, Cross Section, and Other Details of Cheop's Pyramid at Giza

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 7/8 inches (54 x 37.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Plans and Views of Two Pyramids, One Cephron's at Giza

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 13/16 inches (54 x 37.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Moses in the Bulrushes [Reclining Child]

Creator:: John Dean, 1754–1798
Date:: 1786
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 1/8 × 17 5/8 inches (33.3 × 44.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Topographical View of the Pyramids at Giza

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash with black and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 15/16 inches (53.9 x 37.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

29. Repose in Egypt

Creator:: Print made by James Barry, 1741–1806
Date:: ca. 1776
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and aquatint on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 1/8 x 10 9/16 inches (20.6 x 26.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

30. The Red Sea, at Suez

Creator:: Print made by Edward Francis Finden, 1791–1857
Date:: 1836
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

31. Crossing the Red Sea

Creator:: George H. Phillips, active 1819–1825
Date:: 1829
Materials & Techniques:: Mezzotint on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 23 5/8 × 33 7/8 inches (60 × 86 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

32. From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (34.6 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

33. Egyptian Ruins with a Mosque

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (9.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

34. The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (24.1 x 34.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with scratching out and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 inches (48.9 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. Egyptian View - A Bay

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 7 1/2 inches (10.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Ruins of The Ptolomean Library

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 7 1/2 inches (10.2 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Egyptians outside a tomb

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 inches (18.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. Egyptian River View with Water Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (11.4 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Alexandria, Egypt

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (9.2 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. Sepulchral Chambers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. Views in the Levant: Street Scene With Domed Roofs, One Dome Surmounted by a Column (Possibly Cairo?)

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: ca. 1785
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and gray ink, gray wash, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 × 9 5/8 inches (30.5 × 24.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. The Nile

Creator:: Print made by Edward Goodall, 1795–1870
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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1. Philae, Egypt

2. The Hypostyle Hall of the Great Temple at Abu Simbel, Egypt

3. Pylons at Karnak, the Theban Mountains in the Distance

4. Mameluke purchasing an Arabian stallion

5. A Lady Receiving Visitors (The Reception)

6. On the Banks of the Nile, Upper Egypt

7. On the Nile

8. The Fifth Plague of Egypt

9. Tenth Plague of Egypt

10. Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

11. Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

12. Oasis Village

13. Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

14. Karnak

15. The Market Place, Tanta, Egypt

16. Man in Egyptian Dress

17. Temple of Edfou, Upper Egypt

18. The Ramesseum at Thebes

19. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

20. The Red Sea, at Suez

21. Miniyeh, (El Minya)

22. The Blessing of the Suez Canal, November 16, 1869

23. The Nile

24. Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara

25. View, Cross Section, and Other Details of Cheop's Pyramid at Giza

26. Plans and Views of Two Pyramids, One Cephron's at Giza

27. Moses in the Bulrushes [Reclining Child]

28. Topographical View of the Pyramids at Giza

29. Repose in Egypt

30. The Red Sea, at Suez

31. Crossing the Red Sea

32. From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt

33. Egyptian Ruins with a Mosque

34. The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai

35. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

36. Egyptian View - A Bay

37. Ruins of The Ptolomean Library

38. Egyptians outside a tomb

39. Egyptian River View with Water Woman

40. Alexandria, Egypt

41. Sepulchral Chambers

42. Views in the Levant: Street Scene With Domed Roofs, One Dome Surmounted by a Column (Possibly Cairo?)

43. The Nile