Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Dendera, 15 January 1867 (158)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (7.3 × 32.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Dendera. 15 Jany 1867"; in pen and brown ink over graphite, lower right: "(158)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "37 up. | Top"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.129
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | sky | ruins | landscape | river | temples | desert | sand
Associated Places:
Nile | Africa | Egypt | Upper Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13)

Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 85, no. 69, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5153