Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Near Mereeh or Garf Hossayn, 4:00 pm, 31 January 1867 (302), 1867
- Title:
- Near Mereeh or Garf Hossayn, 4:00 pm, 31 January 1867 (302)
- Additional Title(s):
- Near Ma'mariya or Gerf Hussein, 4.00PM, 31 January, 1867
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 5/16 x 7 inches (5.9 x 17.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower left: "near Merieh or Garf Hosayn. 4. PM. 31. Jan.4.1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "302"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.176
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape | monument | palm trees | river | river | riverbank | ruins | sky | structures (single built works) | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Aswan | Egypt | Nile | Nubia | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5213
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Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, pp. 40, 93, no. 86, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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