Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Near Beer El Abt, 4:30 pm, 28 March 1867 (23), 1867
- Title:
- Near Beer El Abt, 4:30 pm, 28 March 1867 (23)
- Additional Title(s):
- Near Bir el Abd
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 1/4 × 9 7/8 inches (8.3 × 25.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, upper center: "dark gray cloud | [...]"; in pen and brown ink, center right: "sand [...]"; in pen and brown ink, lower left: "near (?) Beer El Abt. 4.30. PM. March 28. 1867. This "little", or "short" desert, is big & long enough"; in pen and brown ink, lower right "23)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "172 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:
- B1997.7.320
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- clouds | desert | landscape | sand | sky | tents
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Sinai
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5372
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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. 105, no. 121, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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