Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Karnak, 9:30 am, 24 February 1867 (546), 1867
- Title:
- Karnak, 9:30 am, 24 February 1867 (546)
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 6 11/16 x 9 7/8 inches (17 x 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "Karnak. 9.30 AM. 24. Feby 1867."(repeated in graphite, lower right); in brown ink, lower right: "(546)" (repeated in graphite above); Verso: in graphite, center: "151 | up | next below Top"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.255
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- architectural subject | desert | landscape | monument | palm trees | ruins | sand | sky | studies (visual works) | temples
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Karnak | Luxor | Thebes | Upper Egypt
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5307
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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. 103, no. 115, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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