Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Near Garf Hossayn, 3:40 pm, 31 January 1867 (299)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 7/16 x 7 1/16 inches (6.2 x 17.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "near Garf Hosayn | 3.40 PM. Janr. 31. 1867. (sky seen thru Sakkia.1(300 is ....B (299)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.175
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | palm trees | landscape | ruins | water | desert | river | river
Associated Places:
Nile | Africa | Egypt | Nubia | 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, pp. 38, 92, no. 85, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5212