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Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Title:
Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)
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)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:

Inscribed in gray ink over graphite, lower left: "Aboo Simble | 11-11.30 AM. | 8.Feby. 1867; in gray ink, lower right: "(374)"; in graphite, verso, center; "21.Longwise | above"

Watermark: J Whatman/ Turkey Mill

Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1975.4.1559
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
cliffs | figures (representations) | lake | landscape | monument | river | river | rocks (landforms) | sand | sculpture | shore (landform) | sky
Associated Places:
Abu Sunbul | Africa | As Said | Aswan | Egypt | Lake Nasser | Nile | Nubia
Access:
Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:6138
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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]

Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

Jenny Gaschke, Edward Lear, Egyptian sketches , National Maritime Museum, London, 2009, p. 54, NJ18 L455 G37 2009 (YCBA) [YCBA]

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 95, no. 93, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]


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