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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Gertassee, 9:10 am, 31 January 1867 (284), 1867
- Title:
- Gertassee, 9:10 am, 31 January 1867 (284)
- Additional Title(s):
- Qertassi
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor with pen and brown ink over graphite on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 12 1/2 × 7 inches (31.8 × 17.8 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
inscribed in brown ink, lower left: "9.10. AM. 31 Jany 1867 (temple light off sky) (Gertasse"; in brown ink, lower right: "(284)"; Verso: in graphite, upper left: "76 up"; in graphite, center: "next above lowest | right"; in graphite, upper right: "182" encircled
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.171
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- landscape | river | ruins | temple
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Egypt | Kiosk of Qertassi | Nile | Nubia | Nubia | Thebes
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5208
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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. 91, no. 81, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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