Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Sunset
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor, graphite, pen and brown ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 2 13/16 x 7 13/16 inches (7.1 x 19.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "5.30.(sunset 5.21) | Jany 9.1867"; inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower right: "(109)"; Verso: inscribed in graphite, upper left: "26 up | next above lowest | left"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.104
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
water | river | boats | sky | marine art | river | sunset | sails
Associated Places:
Africa | Egypt | Nile
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5128