- Creator:
- Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
- Title:
- Tafa, 10:15 am, 31 January 1867 (289)
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 3/8 × 7 inches (6 × 17.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
- inscribed in brown ink lower left: "Tafa 10.15. AM 31 Jany 1867"; in brown ink, lower right: ("289)"; Verso: in graphite, center: "185" encircled
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.173
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- sky | palm trees | landscape | ruins | river | riverbank | temple
- Associated Places:
- Nile | Nubia | Africa | Egypt | Nubia | Temple of Taffeh
- 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. 92, no. 83, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5210