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Edward Lear, 1812–1888, British, Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South', undated
- Title:
Illustration to Tennyson's "You Ask Me Why": Areka Palms, Ratanapooru, Ceylon - `I will see before I die The Palms and Temples of the South'
- Date:
- undated
- Medium:
- Pen and black ink, gray ink, and gray wash on moderately thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper
- Dimensions:
- Sheet: 3 13/16 x 5 13/16 inches (9.7 x 14.8 cm), Mount: 6 3/8 x 8 inches (16.2 x 20.3 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in gray ink, lower left: "Ratnapoora Ceylon."; in black ink, lower right: "3"; inscribed on mount with pen in black ink, upper left: "65"; lower left: "I will see before I die | The Palms and Temples of the South. | ("You ask me why etc, etc)"; lower right: " Areka Palms. | Ratnapoora. | Ceylon"; inscribed on verso in graphite, lower center: "8626A | D&L"
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B2001.2.988
- Classification:
- Drawings & Watercolors
- Collection:
- Prints and Drawings
- Subject Terms:
- figures | grass | landscape | palm trees | river | riverbank | rocks (landforms) | sky | water
- Associated Places:
- Ceylon | Sri Lanka
- Access:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
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- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:46374
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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]
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