Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Near Mereeh or Garf Hossayn, 4:00 pm, 31 January 1867 (302)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 5/16 x 7 inches (5.9 x 17.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in pen with brown ink, lower left: "near Merieh or Garf Hosayn. 4. PM. 31. Jan.4.1867"; in brown ink, lower right: "302"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.176
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
palm trees | sky | river | river | riverbank | structures (single built works) | monument | water | ruins | landscape
Associated Places:
Nubia | Aswan | Egypt | Africa | Nile | 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. 40, 93, no. 86, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5213