Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Shelaal, 5:30 am, 29 January 1867 (264), 1867
- Title:
- Shelaal, 5:30 am, 29 January 1867 (264)
- Additional Title(s):
- Shellal
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and black ink and gouache over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, gray wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 × 10 5/8 inches (7.6 × 27 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in black ink, lower left: "Shelaal, 5.30. PM. 29. Jany. 1867"; in black ink, lower right: "(264)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "72 up; in graphite, center: next below Top"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.164
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- figure (representation) | landscape | river | river | riverbank | rocks (landforms) | sunset | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt | Nile | Nubia | Nubia
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5199
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Art in Focus : Blue (Yale Center for British Art, 2019-04-05 - 2019-08-11) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Edward Lear and the Art of Travel (Yale Center for British Art, 2000-09-20 - 2001-01-14) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition] [Exhibition Description]
Scott Wilcox, Edward Lear and the art of travel, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT, 2000, p. 89, no. 77, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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