Watercolor, gouache, and gum arabic on medium, moderately textured, cream wove paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 10 × 15 9/16 inches (25.4 × 39.5 cm)
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B2006.14.30
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
figures (representations) | landscape | trees | vegetation | jungle
Associated Places:
India | Malabar Coast | Calicut
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)
Gallery Label:
Edward Lear arrived in Calicut in October 1874 just as the monsoon began. He was warned about the dangers of contracting fever but stayed despite the pouring rain until the skies were clear enough to draw the laborers harvesting coconuts and bananas. He described the roads around Calicut as “of such redundant beauty one can hardly dream.” Gallery label for A Decade of Gifts and Acquisitions (Yale Center for British Art, 2017-06-01 - 2017-08-13)