Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Outside the Walls of Suez, 8:30 a.m., 17 January 1849 (54), 1849
- Title:
Outside the Walls of Suez, 8:30 a.m., 17 January 1849 (54)
- Date:
- 1849
- Medium:
- 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)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed with pen in brown ink over graphite, lower left: "8 -/2.a.m."; in brown ink, center right: "outside the | walls of Suez."; in brown ink over graphite, lower right: "54"; Verso: in graphite, lower center: "D. Gallup"; in graphite, upper right: "41."
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.54
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- animal art | camels (mammals) | figure (illustration) | genre subject | harnesses | robes | saddles | studies (visual works) | tassels
- Associated Places:
- Africa | As-Suways | Egypt | Suez | Urban
- Access:
- View by request in the Study Room
- Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:4914
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Connections (Yale Center for British Art, 2011-05-26 - 2011-09-11)
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14)
The natural history of Edward Lear, Princeton University Press, Princeton, p. 116, fig. 115, QH31.L424 P43 2021 (YCBA)
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