Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Qaw el Kebir
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 5 1/2 x 5 inches (14 x 12.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Gau el Kebir 9.AM. Jany 10. 1867"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(115)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "27 up | middle - right"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.109
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
study (visual work) | figures (representations) | genre subject | river | river | water
Associated Places:
Nile | Upper Egypt | Qaw el Kebir | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5133