Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Philae
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 5/16 x 5 15/16 inches (8.4 x 15.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, over graphite, lower left: "Phila. | 3.AM. Feby 19. 1867 Moonlight on still waters. (the [rox are?] drawn on one of 1854. (527)" Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "147 longwise | middle line | left"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.249
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
rocks (landforms) | water | river | river | hills | island | landscape
Associated Places:
Egypt | Aswan High Dam | Philae | Nile | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5301