Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Gerf Hoseyn, 2:30 pm, 15 February 1867 (484), 1867
- Title:
- Gerf Hoseyn, 2:30 pm, 15 February 1867 (484)
- Additional Title(s):
- Gerf Hussein
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 9 1/2 × 13 3/4 inches (24.1 × 34.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Gerf Hoseyn | 2.30.PM. Feby. 15.1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "484"; Verso: in graphite, center: "131. up | Lowest"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.236
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | figures (representations) | landscape | palm trees | river | rocks (landforms) | ruins | sand | sky | temples
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt | Nile | Nubia | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5288
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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, p. 101, no. 109, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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