Watercolor with pen and gray and black ink over graphite on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 6 1/8 x 12 inches (15.6 x 30.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Abydus. 1.PM. January 12. 1867"; in black ink, lower right: "(134)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "30.up | next above Lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.120
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | architectural subject | palm trees | temples | structures (single built works) | columns (architectural elements) | stone | figures | ruins | landscape
Associated Places:
Abydos | Nile | Africa | Upper Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Jenny Gaschke, Edward Lear, Egyptian sketches , National Maritime Museum, London, 2009, p. 51, NJ18 L455 G37 2009 (YCBA)Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 84, no. 65, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)