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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Boat on the Nile, 1854
- Title:
- Boat on the Nile
- 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)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and red ink, lower left: "15 January. 1854. 4 1/2.P.M. Sea, blue (red, sky above,) & etcr. ref from West. x faint, dusty lilac"; lower right: "75"; inscribed on verso: in pen and black ink, upper center: "16. uppermost"; in graphite, lower center: "68"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1999.31.3
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- boat | landscape | marine art | river | river | riverbank | sail | sky | structure (single built work) | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt | Nile
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45701
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