Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Amada, 7:10 am, 12 February 1867 (420)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink ,and graphite on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/8 x 6 7/8 inches (9.2 x 17.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Amada. | 7.10 .AM Feby. 12. 1867"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(420)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, center: "242"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.218
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
architectural subject | sky | ruins | landscape | desert | temple | monument | sand
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nubia | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13)

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. 98, no. 101, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5270