Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 7 5/8 inches (6.4 x 19.4 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, center: "purple"; in pen and brown ink, center right: "94 [...] purple"; in pen and brown ink, lower left: "near Tafa. 6. PM. Feby. 16. 1867."; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(507)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "138. | Longwise. | Middle - left"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.245
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | rocks (landforms) | water | cliff | river | river | landscape
Associated Places:
Nubia | Nile | Egypt | Africa
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, p. 102, no. 112, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)