Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Gebel Es Silsilis, 1867
- Title:
- Gebel Es Silsilis
- Additional Title(s):
- Gebel el-Silsila
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and black ink on thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 5/8 x 10 13/16 inches (6.7 x 27.5 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "2.20.PM. Jany 26. 1867. Gebel Es silsilis."; inscribed in pen and black ink, lower right: "(235)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, center: "58 up | Lowest"; inscribed in graphite, center left: "166"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.155
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- cliffs | landscape | river | riverbank | rocks (landforms) | ruins | sky | structures (single built works) | temples | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt | Nile | Silsilah, Jabal as (hill)
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5187
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