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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Gantara (Suez Canal), 5:25 am, 27 March 1867 (20), 1867
- Title:
- Gantara (Suez Canal), 5:25 am, 27 March 1867 (20)
- Additional Title(s):
- Al Qantarah (Suez Canal)
- Date:
- 1867
- Materials & Techniques:
- Watercolor, pen and brown ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, blue wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 1/2 × 9 inches (8.9 × 22.9 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Gantara. (Suez Canal.) 5.25. AM. March 27. 1867."; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(20)"; inscribed on verso in graphite, upper left: "171 up"; in graphite, center: "Lowest"; in graphite, upper right: "361"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1997.7.319
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- camels (mammals) | desert | figures (representations) | landscape | sky | tents
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Al Qantarah | Suez Canal
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5371
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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. 105, no. 120, NJ18 L455 W55 2000 (YCBA) [YCBA]
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