Watercolor with pen and black ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/16 x 6 3/4 inches (8.7 x 17.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in black ink, lower left: "9.30 PM"; in black ink, lower right: "Karnak. 22 Jany 1867 212"; Verso: in graphite, center: "Top | [scratched out words] | right"; in graphite, upper left: "54. ap"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.145
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | moon | evening | landscape | ruins | river | river | temple | water | night | reflection
Associated Places:
Africa | Luxor | Karnak | Egypt | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13)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. 88, no. 74, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)