Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Below Ekhmim
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, white wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 1/2 x 7 1/16 inches (6.4 x 17.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, over graphite, lower left: "6.15.PM. March 1.1867. below Ekminn. Shadoofs, black off gold. all banks deep [treson?] black. (577)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, lower left: "309"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.269
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | sunset | river | river | riverbank | structures (single built works) | water | landscape
Associated Places:
Upper Egypt | Sohag | Akhmim | Nile | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5321