Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Opposite Beni Hassan
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches (15.1 x 24.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left-lower right: "opposite Benihassan. 1.PM.Jany 5.1867 two rafts xxpalm poles ...oars -i.e-long branches (76)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, 15. up | Middle."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.91
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
palm trees | sand | water | clay | men | women | river | river | landscape | genre subject | figures (representations) | rafts | jugs
Associated Places:
Egypt | Africa | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5114