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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Silsilis, 1854
- Title:
Silsilis
- Additional Title(s):
Gebel el-Silsila
- Date:
- 1854
- Medium:
- Watercolor, graphite, pen and red ink on moderately thick, rough, beige wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 1/16 x 6 1/16 inches (7.8 x 15.4 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in pen and red ink over graphite, lower right: " Silsilis | 9.AM. 27. Janr. 1854 | (138)"; inscribed on verso in pen and black ink, left center: "28 Lowest"; in graphite, lower center: "94"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of George E. Dix, B.A. 1934, M.A. 1942
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1999.31.1
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- desert | figures (representations) | landscape | men | river | river | robes | ruins | structure (single built work) | temple | water
- Associated Places:
- Africa | Aswan | Egypt | Nile
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:45699
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