Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Abu Simbel, 10:30 am, 9 February 1867 (383)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen and brown ink, and white gouache, over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 7/8 x 10 1/8 inches (9.8 x 25.7 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "10.30 AM Feby 9. 1867. Abou Simbl"; in brown ink, lower right: "(383)"Verso: in graphite, upper left: "up 92 | next Lowest Top"; in graphite, lower center: "A"; in graphite, center right: "230" encircled
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.208
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | sand | temples | monument | hills | valleys (landforms) | stone | lake | landscape
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nubia | Lake Nasser | Abu Simbel | Aswan High Dam | Nubia
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11)

Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
Publications:
The lure of the east : British Orientalist painting: wall labels, , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. [85], V 2577 (YCBA) V 2577

The lure of the East, British orientalist painting, 1830-1925 , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2008, p. 17, V 1879 (YCBA)

The natural history of Edward Lear, Princeton University Press, Princeton, p. 103, fig. 104, QH31.L424 P43 2021 (YCBA)

Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 96, no. 95, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5258