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1. Africa : being accurate description of the regions of AEgypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billendulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, AEthiopia, and the Abyssines : with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto : with the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages : their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure, with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds, and serpents / collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations ; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq. master of His Majesties revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.

Africa : being accurate description of the regions of AEgypt, Barbary, Lybia, and Billendulgerid, the land of Negroes, Guinee, AEthiopia, and the Abyssines : with all the adjacent islands, either in the Mediterranean, Atlantick, Southern, or Oriental Sea, belonging thereunto : with the several denominations of their coasts, harbors, creeks, rivers, lakes, cities, towns, castles, and villages : their customs, modes, and manners, languages, religions, and inexhaustible treasure, with their governments and policy, variety of trade and barter, and also of their wonderful plants, beasts, birds, and serpents / collected and translated from most authentick authors, and augmented with later observations ; illustrated with notes, and adorn'd with peculiar maps, and proper sculptures, by John Ogilby Esq. master of His Majesties revels in the Kingdom of Ireland.

Creator:: Ogilby, John, 1600–1676
Date:: MDC LXX [1670]
Physical Description:: [18], 38, [2], 39-146, [2], 147-281, [3], 283-304, [2], 305-314, [2], 315-488, [2], 489-632, [2], 633-658, [2], 659-767, [1] pages, [98] leaves of plates : illustrations, maps, plans ; 41 cm (folio)
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. Cleopatra

Creator:: Benedetto Gennari, 1633–1715
Date:: between 1674 and 1675
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 49 x 41 1/2 inches (124.5 x 105.4 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
On View:: Not on view

3. Africa [cartographic material].

Creator:: Valck, G. (Gerard), 1651–1726
Date:: [ca. 1686?]
Physical Description:: 1 map : hand colored ; 57 x 94 cm, on sheet 62 x 102 cm
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. An Action between English Ships and Barbary Corsairs

Creator:: Willem van de Velde the Younger, 1633–1707
Date:: ca. 1695
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 12 5/8 x 19 3/8 inches (32.1 x 49.2 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: On view at YUAG

5. Ceiling Decoration of Arch at Tripoli

Creator:: James Bruce, 1730–1794
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite with pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 × 19 1/2 inches (66 × 49.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

6. Posizione delle Piramidi di Sachara

Creator:: Giovanni Battista Borra, 1713–1770
Date:: ca. 1750
Materials & Techniques:: Gray and brown ink with gray wash over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 21 5/16 x 14 15/16 inches (54.1 x 38 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

7. Zebra

Creator:: George Stubbs, 1724–1806
Date:: 1763
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 40 1/2 × 50 1/4 inches (102.9 × 127.6 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

8. Ram Sella Temple, Giza

Creator:: Thomas Daniell, 1749–1840
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Brown wash with graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 7/8 × 5 3/4 inches (9.8 × 14.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Paul F. Walter

9. Goree

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen, black ink, gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 3/4 x 18 1/2 inches (29.8 x 47 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

10. Distant View of an Island

Creator:: Samuel Davis, 1760–1819
Date:: between 1777 and 1808
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 × 13 7/8 inches (22.9 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

11. Moses Bringing the Ten Commandments from Mount Sinai (Exodus 34:29)

Creator:: Richard Westall, 1765–1836
Date:: before 1835
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/8 x 3 1/4 inches (13 x 8.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund

12. Port Louis from La Petite Montagne (Twilight) with a Rider and Figures in Foreground

Creator:: Thomas Bradshaw, Born 1767
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite with scratching out on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 9 1/4 inches (16.8 × 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

13. Head of a Khosa Chief

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 5/8 × 6 inches (16.8 × 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

14. Tswana Man Holding and Ostrich Feather Fan in a Landscape

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: ca. 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 8 7/8 × 5 7/8 inches (22.5 × 14.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

15. Ruins of The Ptolomean Library

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 × 7 1/2 inches (10.2 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

16. Egyptian Ruins with a Mosque

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash and graphite on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper mounted to card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 5/8 inches (9.2 × 19.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

17. Egyptian River View with Water Woman

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/2 inches (11.4 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

18. Alexandria, Egypt

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 5/8 × 7 1/2 inches (9.2 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

19. Sepulchral Chambers

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash and graphite and pen and black ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/2 × 7 1/4 inches (11.4 × 18.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

20. Egyptian View - A Bay

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Pen and black ink and gray wash on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/8 × 7 1/2 inches (10.5 × 19.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

21. Egyptians outside a tomb

Creator:: unknown artist
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Gray wash, pen and black ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 5 inches (18.7 × 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

22. Korah Girl Seated

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite and watercolor on thin, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/2 × 6 3/8 inches (16.5 × 16.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

23. Korah Girl with a Jar

Creator:: Samuel Daniell, 1775–1811
Date:: 1802
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/8 × 6 1/2 inches (23.2 × 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

24. The Ivory Coast, West Africa

Creator:: Thomas Rowlandson, 1756–1827
Date:: between 1810 and 1815
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, pen and gray ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/4 x 21 9/16 inches (37.5 x 54.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

25. Tenth Plague of Egypt

Creator:: Etched by Joseph Mallord William Turner, 1775–1851
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and mezzotint, printed in brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 × 16 3/4 inches (27.9 × 42.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

26. Mole Head, Algiers

Creator:: Nicholas Pocock, 1740–1821
Date:: 1816
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 1/4 × 11 1/4 inches (10.8 × 28.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

27. Tripoli

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: ca. 1834
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and gouache on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 13/16 x 16 5/8 inches (27.5 x 42.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

28. Tangiers

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, moderately textured, beige laid paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, beige board
Dimensions:: Mount: 6 5/8 × 9 7/8 inches (16.8 × 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

29. Coast near Tunis

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 5/8 x 6 1/16 inches (11.8 x 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

30. A Moorish Citadel

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper mounted on thick, slightly textured, cream board
Dimensions:: Mount: 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches (23.5 x 16.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

31. Marrakech

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (30.2 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

32. Koutoubia Mosque, Marrakech

Creator:: Hercules Brabazon Brabazon, 1821–1906
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 4 7/8 inches (19.4 x 12.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Bequest of Joseph F. McCrindle, Yale LLB 1948

33. Cairo Bazaar

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 12 11/16 inches (24.1 x 32.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Anonymous Gift

34. Karnak

Creator:: William James Muller, 1812–1845
Date:: between 1838 and 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 10 7/8 x 15 1/16 inches (27.6 x 38.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

35. The Great Temple of Amon Karnak, The Hypostyle Hall

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1838
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache with scratching out and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 19 1/4 x 13 inches (48.9 x 33 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

36. The Plain of El Raheh, Mount Sinai

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and gouache over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 1/2in. (24.1 x 34.3cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

37. Suez

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1839
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 5/8 × 9 9/16 inches (4.1 × 24.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

38. Ancient Carthage - The Embarcation of Regulus

Creator:: Print made by Daniel Wilson, 1816–1892
Date:: 1840
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and line engraving; engraver's proof on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, with cream chine collé
Dimensions:: Sheet: 25 1/8 × 31 1/8 inches (63.8 × 79.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

39. The Ramesseum at Thebes

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: between 1841 and 1851
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, white gouache, black chalk and graphite with scratching out on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 3/4 × 20 1/8 inches (34.9 × 51.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

40. Tarifa Point, Spain and Mons Abyla, Africa

Creator:: George Lothian Hall, 1825–1888
Date:: 1843
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 6 1/4 × 10 inches (15.9 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

41. View on the Nile

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 7/8 inches (24.4 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

42. The Harbor, Alexandria

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor over graphite with scraping out on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper laid down on contemporary mount with trompe l'oeil frame
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 3/4 × 13 7/8 inches (24.8 × 35.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

43. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

Creator:: Charles Dyce, active 1848
Date:: ca. 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor and black chalk over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 × 13 3/4 inches (24.4 × 34.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

44. From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt

Creator:: David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1846
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 13 5/8 x 19 3/4 inches (34.6 x 50.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

45. A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

Creator:: Print made by John Doyle ('H.B.'), 1797–1868
Date:: 1847
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph in tan and black ink on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 12 1/16 x 17 9/16 inches (30.6 x 44.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

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

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 7 5/8 x 5 1/16 inches (19.4 x 12.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

47. Near Suez, evening, 15 January 1849 (43)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 x 9 1/8 inches (13.3 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

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

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1849
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen in brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (13.2 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

49. The Bride, Paul and Virginia, the Chalees Satoon, East India

Creator:: Imitator of George Baxter, 1804–1867
Date:: after 1850
Materials & Techniques:: Aquatint and stipple engraving; hand coloring done by an unknown later printer on thick cream card
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/4 × 10 9/16 inches (13.4 × 26.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

50. Coffee House and Mosque Entrance, Cairo

Creator:: Robert Charles Goff, 1837–1922
Date:: undated
Materials & Techniques:: Etching and drypoint on moderately thick, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 1/2 x 13 5/16 inches (24.2 x 33.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: 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

51. Gebelein

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and red ink on moderately thick, rough, brown wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 x 6 1/8 inches (6.7 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

52. Silsilis

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and red ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches (7.8 x 15.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

53. Boat on the Nile

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and red ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/16 x 9 1/16 inches (5.6 x 23 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

54. Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and red ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/16 x 9 3/16 inches (6.2 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

55. View on the Nile

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and red ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches (6.7 x 23.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

56. El Kab

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and red ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 6 1/8 inches (6.4 x 15.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942

57. Oasis Village

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 9 5/8 x 17 inches (24.4 x 43.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

58. Thebes

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 7/8 x 6 3/16 inches (4.8 x 15.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939, in memory of Paul Horgan

59. The Nile

Creator:: William Holman Hunt, 1827–1910
Date:: 1854
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 4 3/16 × 10 inches (10.6 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

60. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

Creator:: John Frederick Lewis, 1804–1876
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, gouache and graphite on slightly textured, beige wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 26 1/4 x 53 1/2 inches (66.7 x 135.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

61. The Holy Tree of Metereeah

Creator:: Print made by David Roberts, 1796–1864
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on moderately thick, smooth, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 11 7/16 x 7 13/16 inches (29 x 19.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953

62. The Falls from the Western End of the Chasm

Creator:: Print made by Day & Co., 1824–1913
Date:: 1856
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 22 1/8 inches (36.5 x 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953

63. On the Nile

Creator:: Edward William Cooke, 1811–1880
Date:: 1860
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 14 1/4 x 23 1/2 inches (36.2 x 59.7 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

64. Sailboats on the Nile

Creator:: John William Burgon, 1813 –1888
Date:: between 1861 and 1862
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor on medium, slightly textured, wove paper mounted on board
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (14 x 33.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, The William K. Rose and Eugene A. Carroll Collection

65. Philae, Egypt

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1863
Materials & Techniques:: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:: 10 13/16 x 21 inches (27.5 x 53.3 cm)
Collection:: Paintings and Sculpture
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
On View:: Not on view

66. The Falls from the Narrow Neck near the Eastern Headland of the Outlet

Creator:: F. Jones, 19th century
Date:: 1865
Materials & Techniques:: Lithograph on medium, smooth, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 14 3/8 x 22 1/8 inches (36.5 x 56.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Renée and Geoffrey Hartman, Yale PhD 1953

67. Colósaneh, 5:45 - 6:00 p.m., January 3, 1867 (62)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 7/8 x 4 5/8 inches (14.9 x 11.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

68. Gebel Sheikh Eredi from Gau el Kebir

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink and blue ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/16 x 11 3/8 inches (7.8 x 28.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

69. Dendera

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 9/16 x 7 15/16 inches (9 x 20.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

70. Dendera

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 11/16 x 6 11/16 inches (6.8 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

71. Dendera

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 11/16 x 6 11/16 inches (6.8 x 17 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

72. Between Thebes and Erment

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 5/8 x 7 3/4 inches (6.7 x 19.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

73. Deir Kadige, noon., January 2, 1867 (27)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 10 inches (8.9 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

74. Deir Kadige, 1:00 p.m., January 2, 1867

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 x 12 5/16 inches (7.9 x 31.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

75. Maharraka Temple

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: February 14, 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Brown ink, watercolor and gouache on medium brown moderately textured wove paper
Dimensions:: Frame: 17 1/8 x 27 1/2 x 1 inches (43.5 x 69.9 x 2.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: 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

76. Benisouef

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/4 x 11 9/16 inches (9.5 x 29.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

77. Sharaone

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/8 x 10 inches (5.4 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

78. Opposite Abu Girgeh

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 1 13/16 x 7 5/16 inches (4.6 x 18.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

79. Sowadi, 8:30 am, 4 January 1867 (65)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 9/16 x 9 1/4 inches (14.1 x 23.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

80. Opposite Melaghara

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 7 3/16 inches (5.7 x 18.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

81. Sheikh Abadeh

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 13/16 x 8 15/16 inches (7.1 x 22.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

82. Sheikh Abadeh, 3:20 pm, 6 January 1867 (85)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/8 x 10 inches (6 x 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

83. Opposite Beni Hassan

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 15/16 x 9 13/16 inches (15.1 x 24.9 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

84. Sheikh Abadeh, 3:15 pm, 6 January 1867 (84)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 10 inches (6.4 × 25.4 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

85. Mellawi

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, gray wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/4 x 10 13/16 inches (5.7 x 27.5 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

86. Near Benout & Assioot

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/16 x 11 1/2 inches (5.2 x 29.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

87. Gebel Sheikh Eredi from Gau el Kebir

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Graphite, gouache, pen and blue ink and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/16 x 11 13/16 inches (5.2 x 30 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

88. Gebel Sheikh Eredi

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 3/8 x 6 inches (13.7 x 15.2 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

89. Qaw el Kebir

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, blue wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 5 1/2 x 5 inches (14 x 12.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

90. Near Ekhmim

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, and pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, beige wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 1/2 x 6 15/16 inches (6.3 x 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

91. Gebel el Azerat (Below Girgeh, East Side)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink and gray ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/2 x 9 3/16 inches (8.9 x 23.3 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

92. A Dry Halfeh Grass

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 3/4 x 7 inches (7 x 17.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

93. Near Gezir Sherg el Hian

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and gray ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 9 7/8 inches (7.3 x 25.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

94. Sunset along the Nile

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, and pen and ink on thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 15/16 x 8 1/2 inches (7.5 x 21.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

95. Sunset along the Nile

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 x 6 15/16 inches (7.3 x 17.6 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

96. Dendera, 15 January 1867 (155)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/8 × 10 1/8 inches (7.9 × 25.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

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

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 3/8 x 10 1/2 inches (8.6 x 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

98. Dendera, 9:15 am, 15 January 1867 (157)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, slightly textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 3 1/4 × 10 1/2 inches (8.3 × 26.7 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

99. Dendera, 15 January 1867 (158)

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, pen and brown ink, gouache, and graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 7/8 × 12 5/8 inches (7.3 × 32.1 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

100. Dendera

Creator:: Edward Lear, 1812–1888
Date:: 1867
Materials & Techniques:: Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on medium, slightly textured, wove paper, mounted on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:: Sheet: 2 15/16 x 6 5/8 inches (7.5 x 16.8 cm)
Collection:: Prints and Drawings
Credit Line:: Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939

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43. Passengers aboard the Nile steamer

44. From under the Portico of the Temple of Edfu, Upper Egypt

45. A Study for a Caius Marius Sitting amidst the Ruins of Carthage, Rather a Serious Subject: "Napoleon was in the habit of comparing England to Carthage!"

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

47. Near Suez, evening, 15 January 1849 (43)

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

49. The Bride, Paul and Virginia, the Chalees Satoon, East India

50. Coffee House and Mosque Entrance, Cairo

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54. Gebel Sheikh Abu Fodde

55. View on the Nile

56. El Kab

57. Oasis Village

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59. The Nile

60. A Frank Encampment in the Desert of Mount Sinai. 1842 - The Convent of St. Catherine in the Distance

61. The Holy Tree of Metereeah

62. The Falls from the Western End of the Chasm

63. On the Nile

64. Sailboats on the Nile

65. Philae, Egypt

66. The Falls from the Narrow Neck near the Eastern Headland of the Outlet

67. Colósaneh, 5:45 - 6:00 p.m., January 3, 1867 (62)

68. Gebel Sheikh Eredi from Gau el Kebir

69. Dendera

70. Dendera

71. Dendera

72. Between Thebes and Erment

73. Deir Kadige, noon., January 2, 1867 (27)

74. Deir Kadige, 1:00 p.m., January 2, 1867

75. Maharraka Temple