Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Gertassee, 9:10 am, 31 January 1867 (284)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 inches (31.8 × 17.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "9.10. AM. 31 Jany 1867 (temple light off sky) (Gertasse"; in brown ink, lower right: "(284)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "76 up"; in graphite, center: "next above lowest | right"; in graphite, upper right: "182" encircled
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.171
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
landscape | ruins | river | temple
Associated Places:
Nile | Nubia | Thebes | Africa | Egypt | Nubia | Kiosk of Qertassi
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:
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 91, no. 81, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5208