Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British
Title:
Tapha, 7:50 a.m., February 17, 1867
Date:
1867
Materials & Techniques:
Watercolor with pen in brown ink on thick, rough, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 8 1/2 x 13 3/4 inches (21.6 x 34.9 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and brown ink, lower left: "Tapha. 7.50."; lower right: "x far blue hills, seen through palm leaves | (511)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1997.7.247
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
temples | figure (illustration) | river | desert | palm trees | landscape | sky | robe | ruins | sand
Associated Places:
Nile | Egypt | Nubia | Africa
Currently On View:
Not on view
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5299