Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Gebel el Azerat (Below Girgeh, East Side)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/2 x 9 3/16 inches (8.9 x 23.3 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower left: "4.PM Jany 11 1867. Gebel El Azerat. - (below Gergeh. East side)"; inscribed in pen and gray ink, lower right: "(131)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "30 up"; in graphite, center: "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:
B1997.7.118
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | water | cliffs | river | river | riverbank | landscape
Associated Places:
Nile | Sohag | Upper Egypt | Girga | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5142