Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 5/8 x 10 5/8 inches (6.7 x 27 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "9.45. AM. 31 Jany 1867. near Tapha."; in brown ink, lower right: "287"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "77 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:
B1997.7.172
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
rocks (landforms) | sky | palm trees | river | river | water | landscape
Associated Places:
Nubia | Nile | Egypt | Africa | Nubia
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. 82, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)