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Prints and Drawings 232

Creator

Lear, Edward, 1812–1888 196
Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William), 1775–1851 6
Borra, Giovanni Battista, 1713–1770 4
Roberts, David, 1796–1864 4
Cameron, David Young, Sir, 1865–1945 3
Lewis, John Frederick, 1804–1876 3
Muller, William James, 1812–1845 3
Finden, Edward Francis, 1791–1857 2
Goff, Robert Charles, 1837–1922 2
Goodall, Edward, 1795–1870 2
Wilkinson, John Gardner Sir, 1797–1875 2
Barry, James, 1741–1806 1
Brabazon, Hercules Brabazon, 1821–1906 1
Burton, William Paton, 1828–1883 1
Cosway, Richard, 1742–1821 1
Danby, Francis, 1793–1861 1
Daniell, Thomas, 1749–1840 1
Daniell, William, 1769–1837 1
Day, & Co., 1824–1913 1
Dean, John, 1754–1798 1
Frith, Francis, 1822–1898 1
Martin, John, 1789–1854 1
Phillips, George Henry, active 1819–1825 1
Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723–1792 1
Say, William, 1768–1834 1
Simpson, William, 1823–1899 1
Thompson, Stephen, active 19th century 1
Turner, Charles, 1774–1857 1

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On-site Access

Accessible in the Study Room 232

Image Use

Free to Use 232

Image Available

available 232

Provenance

New Online Additions

Classification

Drawings & Watercolors 210
Prints 15
Drawing & Watercolors-Architectural 4
Photographs 2
Drawings & Watercolors-Sketchbooks 1

Collective Title

Finden's Landscape Illustrations to the Bible 2
Liber Studiorum 2
Moore's Epicurean 2
Iconographie Anglaise par Reynolds et Autres 1
The Holy Land and Egypt, Vol. 6 1
Watercolor Sketches, Egypt 1

Period

19th century 219
18th century 6
20th century 3
18th century-19th century 2
19th century-20th century 2

Materials & Techniques

wove paper 214
graphite 212
watercolor 202
pen 194
brown ink 181
gouache 30
white gouache 25
black ink 14
laid paper 13
gray ink 11
etching (printing process) 8
red ink 7
gray wash 6
mezzotint 4
cochineal 3
drypoint 3
albumen process 2
black chalk 2
board 2
brown wash 2
line engraving 2
scratching out 2
Asian paper 1
aquatint 1
chine collé 1
colored pencil 1
engraving (printing process) 1
green chalk 1
lithography 1
pens 1

Height [cm]

From

To

Width [cm]

From

To

Work Type

drawing 215
watercolor 208
intaglio print 14
photograph 2
planographic print 1

Genre

landscape 170
architectural subject 38
marine art 34
genre subject 24
religious and mythological subject 10
figure study 9
cityscape 4
animal art 3
literary theme 2
historical subject 1
still life 1

Subject Terms

landscape 173
river 146
sky 137
water 133
palm trees 79
sand 56
riverbank 46
ruins 41
architectural subject 37
figures (representations) 37
temple 37
boats 34
marine art 34
rocks (landforms) 33
desert 32
cliffs 30
genre subject 25
hills 22
boat 21
camels (mammals) 21
lake 20
trees 19
men 15
monument 14
structures (single built works) 14
sails 13
temples 12
robes 11
structure (single built work) 11
religious and mythological subject 10

Subject Period

Associated Places

Egypt 232

Africa 209
Nile 150
Nubia 74
Lake Nasser 30
Aswan 14
Qasr Ibrim 10
Abu Simbel 9
As Said 9
Urban 8
Sinai Peninsula 6
Upper Egypt 6
Al-Qahirah 5
As Salihiyah 5
Aswan High Dam 5
Luxor 5
Philae 5
Red Sea 5
Arish, Wadi el 4
Cairo 4
Edfu 4
Frontier 4
Thebes 4
Giza 3
Giza Necropolis 3
Karnak 3
Matruh 3
Naqâda 3
Qina 3
Sheikh-'Ibada 3

Associated People

Moses 3
Jesus Christ (7–2 BC/BCE to 30–36 AD/CE) 2
Mary 2
Sheikh Hussein of Gebel 1
St. Joseph 1
Stewart, Frederick William Robert, Viscount Castlereagh, later fourth Marquess of Londonderry (1805–1872) 1

Exhibition History

Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) 69
Edward Lear, Moment to Moment (IKON Gallery, 2022-09-09 - 2022-11-13) 26
Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11) 17
Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) 7
Egypt - The Legacy (Sarah Lawrence College Art Gallery, 1990-02-13 - 1990-04-22) 3
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Block Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Portland Art Museum, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Toledo Museum of Art, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
British Watercolors - Drawings of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1985-04 - 1986-08) 2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (The State Hermitage Museum, 2007-10-23 - 2008-01-13) 2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2007-07-11 - 2007-09-30) 2
Great British Watercolors from the Paul Mellon Collection at the Yale Center for British Art (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-06-09 - 2008-08-17) 2
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Tate Britain, 2008-06-04 - 2008-08-31) 2
Nobleness and Grandeur - Forging Historical Landscape in Britain, 1760 - 1850 (Yale Center for British Art, 2005-01-27 - 2005-04-24) 2
Pearls to Pyramids: British Visual Culture and the Levant, 1600–1830 (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 2
The Critique of Reason : Romantic Art, 1760–1860 (Yale University Art Gallery, 2015-03-06 - 2015-07-26) 2
Works of Splendor and Imagination - The Exhibition Watercolor 1770-1870 (Yale Center for British Art, 1981-09-16 - 1981-11-22) 2
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Royal Academy of Arts, 2007-10-20 - 2008-01-27) 1
An American's Passion for British Art - Paul Mellon's Legacy (Yale Center for British Art, 2007-04-18 - 2007-07-29) 1
Collecting (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, 1999-04-23 - 1999-07-10) 1
David Roberts: Artist and Traveler (Hallie Ford Museum of Art, 2022-06-04 - 2022-08-27) 1
J.M.W. Turner: Romance & Reality (Yale Center for British Art, 2025-03-29 - 2025-07-27) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Pera Museum, 2008-09-26 - 2009-01-11) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Sharjah Art Museum, 2009-02-18 - 2009-04-30) 1
Lure of the East - British Orientalist Painting (Yale Center for British Art, 2008-02-07 - 2008-04-28) 1
Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09) 1
Orientalism - Near East in French Painting (Memorial Art Gallery of Rochester, 1982-08-27 - 1982-10-17) 1

Credit Line

Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939 183
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection 27
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942 6
Yale Center for British Art, The Walter R. Callender, Yale BA 1894, Memorial Collection, Gift of Ivy Lee Callender, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 4
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Charles Isaacs and Carol Nigro 2
Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift 1
Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939, in memory of Paul Horgan 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Marjorie D. Wynne 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Stuart P. Feld 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Peter R. Spokes, Yale BA 1948, in memory of C.C. and C.B. Hogan, Yale BA 1928 1
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953 1
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund 1
Yale Center for British Art, The G. Allen Smith Collection, transfer from the Yale University Art Gallery 1

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Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

Tenth Plague of Egypt

1816
Accessible in the Study Room
Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851

The Fifth Plague of Egypt

1808
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Amada, 9:30 am, 12 February 1867

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Wady Feiran, Peninsula of Mt. Sinai

ca. 1880
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Oasis Village

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Maharraka Temple

February 14, 1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Abu Simbel, 11-11:30 am, 8 February 1867 (374)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Deir Kadige

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebelein

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Silsilis

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boat on the Nile

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Outside the Walls of Suez, 8:30 a.m., 17 January 1849 (54)

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Suez, evening, 15 January 1849 (43)

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Suez, 1 pm, 16 January 1849 (48)

1849
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Thebes

1854
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Tabeen Berlin, 4:00 p.m., January 1, 1867 (16)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Haram el Ketab

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh (Torrens Ægypti)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Avenue of Trees

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boats on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Studies of Camels and Egyptian Men

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Egpytian Man on Camel

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Study of an Egyptian Man on a Camel

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boat on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Belbeis

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Opposite Kom Ombos Abu Jer

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Zereeba, near Belbeis

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Belbeis

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Belbeis

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Salahiyeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Salahiyeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Salahiyeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Salahiyeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Salahiyeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Beer El Abt

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Between Bir El Abt

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near El Areesh, 3:30 pm, 30 March 1867 (27)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh, 6:30 pm, 31 March 1867 (33)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

El Areesh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

A Dry Halfeh Grass

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dendera, 15 January 1867 (155)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dendera, 9:00 am, 15 January 1867 (156)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dendera, 15 January 1867 (158)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Tough

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Negadeh, 12:30 pm, 17 January 1867 (188)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Luxor, 7:00 am, 20 January 1867 (198)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Luxor, 7:30 am, 20 January 1867 (199)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Edfu or Kilh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Edfu

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Edfu

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Sunset on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Aswan

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Shelaal

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae, 5:20 pm, 30 January 1867 (275)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae, 6:00-6:15 am, 31 January 1867 (277)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dendour, 2:15 pm, 31 Janaury 1867 (298)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Garf Hossayn, 3:40 pm, 31 January 1867 (299)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Mereeh or Garf Hossayn, 4:00 pm, 31 January 1867 (302)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Garf Hosayn

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Above Sabooa

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Between Derr and Ibreem

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Ibreem, 10:00 am, 2 February 1867 (317)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Ibreem, 11:00 am, 2 February 1867 (319)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Between Sabooa & Maharraka

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Maharraka, 7:15 am, 14 February 1867 (462)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dakkeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Dendour

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Tapha, 7:50 a.m., February 17, 1867

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Daboad

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Philae

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebelein

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Boat on the Nile

January - March 1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Egyptian Man

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Egyptian Men

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Egyptian Man

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Egyptian Man

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 8:00 am, 4 March 1867 (588)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 7:30 am, 4 March 1867 (590)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde, 12:30 pm, 4 March 1867 (592)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Abu Fodde, 4:00 pm, 4 March 1867 (594)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Rauda

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Deir El Adra

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Negadeh, 1:45 pm, 17 January 1867 (190)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Negadeh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Karnak, 9:30 pm, 22 January 1867 (212)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Karnak, 10:00 pm, 22 January 1867 (213)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Kilh

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dawn on the Nile

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Gebel Es Silsilis

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Aswan

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Aswan

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Near Assouan

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Shelaal

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Shelaal, 2:30 am, 29 January 1867 (260)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Shelaal, 5:30 am, 29 January 1867 (264)

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Shelaal

1867
Accessible in the Study Room
Edward Lear, 1812–1888

Dehmyt, 7:30 am, 31 January 1867 (278)

1867

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