Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Abu Fodde, 4:00 pm, 4 March 1867 (594)
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 3 3/8 × 6 7/8 inches (8.6 × 17.5 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "brown | Abou Fodde. 4. PM. March 4. 1867"; in pen and brown ink, lower right: "Brown | pale | (594)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "160 up | Middle"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.283
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
sky | rocks (landforms) | landscape | river | river | cliffs | water
Associated Places:
Nile | Egypt | Africa
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. 105, no. 119, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5335