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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Sunset on the Nile, 1867
- Title:
- Sunset on the Nile
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, graphite, white gouache, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 2 5/16 x 5 15/16 inches (5.9 x 15.1 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "5.30.PM. Jany 26. 1867"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, center left: "59 up"; inscribed in pen and black ink, center: "Top"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.156
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape | river | river | sky | trees | 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:5188
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