Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
El Luxor
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 3/4 x 13 5/8 inches (7 x 34.6 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "El Luxor. 6.PM. Jany 21. 1867"; lower right: "(206)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "52. up"; center: "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:
B1997.7.143
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | landscape | marine art | figures (representations) | boats | sails | ruins | monument | temples | riverbank | river | river | water | sand
Associated Places:
Africa | Thebes | Luxor | Upper Egypt | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5167