Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Sabooa
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 1/4 x 9 7/8 inches (8.3 x 25.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "7.5.AM.Sabooa. Feby.13.1867"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(443)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "248 | 117 up | Lowest"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.224
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | architectural subject | ruins | landscape | lake | river | river | temple | water | sand
Associated Places:
Nubia | Lake Nasser | Nile | Africa | Egypt
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5276